catching
adjective
[ ˈkatʃɪŋ ]
• (of a disease) infectious.
• "chicken pox is catching until scabs form on all the blisters"
catch
verb
• intercept and hold (something which has been thrown, propelled, or dropped).
• "she threw the bottle into the air and caught it again"
Similar:
seize,
grab,
snatch,
seize/grab/take hold of,
lay (one's) hands on,
get one's hands on,
grasp,
grip,
clutch,
clench,
fasten on,
pluck,
hold,
hang on to,
receive,
acquire,
get,
come into possession of,
intercept,
• capture (a person or animal that tries or would try to escape).
• "we hadn't caught a single rabbit"
Similar:
capture,
seize,
apprehend,
take,
arrest,
lay hold of,
take prisoner,
take captive,
take into custody,
haul in,
trap,
snare,
ensnare,
net,
hook,
reel in,
land,
beach,
bag,
nab,
collar,
run in,
bust,
pull in,
do,
feel someone's collar,
pinch,
nick,
• (of an object) accidentally become entangled or trapped in something.
• "a button caught in her hair"
• reach in time and board (a train, bus, or aircraft).
• "they caught the 12.15 from Oxford"
Similar:
be in time for,
reach in time,
make,
get to,
board,
get on,
enter,
go on board,
go aboard,
step aboard,
mount,
ascend,
embark,
hop on,
jump on,
embus,
entrain,
emplane,
• engage (a person's interest or imagination).
• "it was the business scheme that had caught his imagination"
Similar:
engage,
capture,
attract,
draw,
gain,
grab,
arrest,
seize,
hold,
win,
absorb,
engross,
rivet,
grip,
captivate,
bewitch,
• strike (someone) on a part of the body.
• "Ben caught him on the chin with an uppercut"
• contract (an illness) through infection or contagion.
• "he served in Macedonia, where he caught malaria"
Similar:
become infected with,
contract,
get,
take,
become ill/sick with,
fall ill/sick with,
be taken ill with,
show symptoms of,
succumb to,
develop,
go/come down with,
sicken for,
fall victim to,
be struck down with,
be stricken with,
go down with,
take ill with,
take sick with,
• become ignited and start burning.
• "the rafters have caught"
Similar:
ignite,
become ignited,
burn,
start burning,
flame,
catch/take fire,
burst into flames,
flame up,
kindle,
Opposite:
go out,
Origin:
Middle English (also in the sense ‘chase’): from Anglo-Norman French and Old Northern French cachier, variant of Old French chacier, based on Latin captare ‘try to catch’, from capere ‘take’.
