'Catching' definitions:
Definition of 'catching'
From: WordNet
adjective
(of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection [syn: catching, communicable, contagious, contractable, transmissible, transmittable]
noun
(baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team
noun
The act of detecting something; catching sight of something [syn: detection, catching, espial, spying, spotting]
noun
Becoming infected; "catching cold is sometimes unavoidable"; "the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic" [syn: catching, contracting]
Definition of 'Catching'
From: GCIDE
- Catch \Catch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caughtor Catched; p. pr. & vb. n. Catching. Catched is rarely used.] [OE. cacchen, OF. cachier, dialectic form of chacier to hunt, F. chasser, fr. (assumend) LL. captiare, for L. capture, V. intens. of capere to take, catch. See Capacious, and cf. Chase, Case a box.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To seize after pursuing; to arrest; as, to catch a thief. "They pursued . . . and caught him." --Judg. i. 6. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To take captive, as in a snare or net, or on a hook; as, to catch a bird or fish. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Hence: To insnare; to entangle. "To catch him in his words". --Mark xii. 13. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To seize with the senses or the mind; to apprehend; as, to catch a melody. "Fiery thoughts . . . whereof I catch the issue." --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To communicate to; to fasten upon; as, the fire caught the adjoining building. [1913 Webster]
- 7. To engage and attach; to please; to charm. [1913 Webster]
- The soothing arts that catch the fair. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 8. To get possession of; to attain. [1913 Webster]
- Torment myself to catch the English throne. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 9. To take or receive; esp. to take by sympathy, contagion, infection, or exposure; as, to catch the spirit of an occasion; to catch the measles or smallpox; to catch cold; the house caught fire. [1913 Webster]
- 10. To come upon unexpectedly or by surprise; to find; as, to catch one in the act of stealing. [1913 Webster]
- 11. To reach in time; to come up with; as, to catch a train. [1913 Webster]
- To catch fire, to become inflamed or ignited.
- to catch it to get a scolding or beating; to suffer punishment. [Colloq.]
- To catch one's eye, to interrupt captiously while speaking. [Colloq.] "You catch me up so very short." --Dickens.
- To catch up, to snatch; to take up suddenly. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Catching'
From: GCIDE
- Catching \Catch"ing\ a.
- 1. Infectious; contagious. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Captivating; alluring. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Catching'
From: GCIDE
- Catching \Catch"ing\, n. The act of seizing or taking hold of. [1913 Webster]
- Catching bargain (Law), a bargain made with an heir expectant for the purchase of his expectancy at an inadequate price. --Bouvier. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'catching'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alluring,
- annexational,
- appealing,
- appetizing,
- attractive,
- beguiling,
- bewitching,
- blandishing,
- cajoling,
- captivating,
- charismatic,
- charming,
- coaxing,
- come-hither,
- communicable,
- confiscatory,
- contagious,
- coquettish,
- deadly,
- deprivative,
- destructive,
- enchanting,
- endemic,
- engaging,
- enravishing,
- enthralling,
- enticing,
- entrancing,
- envenomed,
- epidemial,
- epidemic,
- epiphytotic,
- epizootic,
- exciting,
- exotic,
- expropriatory,
- fascinating,
- fetching,
- flirtatious,
- glamorous,
- hypnotic,
- infectious,
- infective,
- inoculable,
- interesting,
- intriguing,
- inviting,
- irresistible,
- malign,
- malignant,
- mephitic,
- mesmeric,
- miasmal,
- miasmatic,
- miasmic,
- mouth-watering,
- noxious,
- pandemic,
- pestiferous,
- pestilential,
- piquant,
- poisonous,
- prepossessing,
- privative,
- provocative,
- provoquant,
- ravishing,
- seducing,
- seductive,
- siren,
- sirenic,
- spellbinding,
- spellful,
- sporadic,
- spreading,
- taking,
- tantalizing,
- teasing,
- tempting,
- thievish,
- tickling,
- titillating,
- titillative,
- toxic,
- toxicant,
- toxiferous,
- transmissible,
- transmittable,
- venenate,
- veneniferous,
- venenous,
- venomous,
- virulent,
- winning,
- winsome,
- witching,
- zymotic
Words containing 'Catching'
- Catch,
- Catched,
- To catch at,
- To catch up,
- To catch up with,
- catch it,
- catch on,
- catch out,
- catch up,
- catch up with,
- to catch it,
- Catch crop,
- Catch title,
- Catching bargain,
- Fair catch,
- Glottal catch,
- Tallow catch,
- To catch a crab,
- To catch a tartar,
- To catch fire,
- by-catch,
- catch a glimpse,
- catch a wink,
- catch at straws,
- catch cold,
- catch fire,
- catch phrase,
- catch sight,
- catch some z's,
- catch-as-catch-can wrestling,
- eaves catch,
- safety catch,
- shoestring catch,
- Catch-basin,
- Catch-cropping,
- Catch-meadow,
- Cony-catch,
- Fly-catching,
- To catch one flatfooted,
- To catch one's eye,
- To catch upon the hip,
- catch one's breath,
- eye-catching,
- Fly-catching warbler,
- fly-catching thrush