catching (verb)
1catching — 1. noun The action of the verb to catch. 2. adjective contagious …
2Captative verb — Captative verbs indicate catching and hunting of the specific animal or other target, e.g. English to fish . Usually captitives are not separately marked, but some Uralic languages do this. Nenets, Sami languages and Finnish have captative marker …
3catch — [c]/kætʃ / (say kach) verb (caught, catching) –verb (t) 1. to capture, especially after pursuit; take captive. 2. to ensnare, entrap, or deceive. 3. a. to be in time to reach (a train, boat, etc.): I barely caught the 5.03. b. to board; travel on …
4catch up — verb 1. reach the point where one should be after a delay (Freq. 2) I caught up on my homework • Hypernyms: ↑reach, ↑make, ↑attain, ↑hit, ↑arrive at, ↑gain …
5put — verb past tense putpresent participle putting MOVE STH 1 (transitive always + adv/prep) to move something from one place or position into another, especially using your hands: put sth in/on/there etc: Put those bags on the table. | You should put …
6put — verb past tense putpresent participle putting MOVE STH 1 (transitive always + adv/prep) to move something from one place or position into another, especially using your hands: put sth in/on/there etc: Put those bags on the table. | You should put …
7sleep around — verb be sexually active with more than one partner His wife bed hops • Syn: ↑bed hop, ↑bedhop • Hypernyms: ↑fornicate • Verb Frames: Somebody s * * * …
8catch — verb (past and past participle caught) 1》 intercept and hold (something which has been thrown, propelled, or dropped). ↘seize or take hold of. ↘Cricket dismiss (a batsman) by catching the ball before it touches the ground. 2》 capture (a… …
9catch up — verb Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to pick up often abruptly < the thief caught the purse up and ran > b. ensnare, entangle < education has been caught up in a stultifying mythology N. M …
10catch out — verb trap; especially in an error or in a reprehensible act He was caught out She was found out when she tried to cash the stolen checks • Syn: ↑find out • Hypernyms: ↑detect, ↑observe, ↑find, ↑ …
