catch
verb
/kæt͡ʃ/
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/kɑt͡ʃ/
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/kɛt͡ʃ/
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- (transitive) To capture or snare (someone or something which would rather escape). [from 13thc.]
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fangen
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- (transitive) To seize or intercept an object moving through the air (or, sometimes, some other medium). [from 16thc.]
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fangen,
fassen
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- (transitive) To grasp mentally: perceive and understand. [from 16thc.]
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begreifen,
verstehen
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- (transitive) To overtake or catch up to; to be in time for. [from 17thc.]
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bekommen,
erwischen
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- (transitive) To entrap or trip up a person; to deceive. [from 14thc.]
- (intransitive) To engage with some mechanism; to stick, to succeed in interacting with something or initiating some process.
- (transitive, surfing) To contact a wave in such a way that one can ride it back to shore.
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einfangen
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catch
noun
/kæt͡ʃ/
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/kɑt͡ʃ/
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/kɛt͡ʃ/
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- (countable, sometimes, _, noun adjunct) A concealed difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation.
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Haken
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- (countable) Something which is captured or caught.
- (countable, colloquial, by extension) A find, in particular a boyfriend or girlfriend or prospective spouse.
- (countable, cricket, baseball) The act of catching a hit ball before it reaches the ground, resulting in an out.
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Fang
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