'To catch at' definitions:
Definition of 'To catch at'
From: GCIDE
- Catch \Catch\, v. i.
- 1. To attain possession. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Have is have, however men do catch. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To be held or impeded by entanglement or a light obstruction; as, a kite catches in a tree; a door catches so as not to open. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To take hold; as, the bolt does not catch. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To spread by, or as by, infecting; to communicate. [1913 Webster]
- Does the sedition catch from man to man? --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- To catch at, to attempt to seize; to be eager to get or use. "[To] catch at all opportunities of subverting the state." --Addison.
- To catch up with, to come up with; to overtake. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'To catch at'
- Catch,
- Catched,
- Catching,
- 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