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catch verb

  /kæt͡ʃ/ , /kɑt͡ʃ/ , /kɛt͡ʃ/
  • (transitive) To capture or snare (someone or something which would rather escape). [from 13thc.]
  • (transitive, now, rare) To seize (an opportunity) when it occurs. [from 16thc.]
  • (transitive, informal) To take in; to watch or listen to (an entertainment). [from 20thc.]
 fangen
  • (transitive) To seize or intercept an object moving through the air (or, sometimes, some other medium). [from 16thc.]
 fangen, fassen
  • (transitive) To grasp mentally: perceive and understand. [from 16thc.]
 begreifen, verstehen
  • (transitive) To overtake or catch up to; to be in time for. [from 17thc.]
 bekommen, erwischen
  • (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.
 einfangen

catch noun

  /kæt͡ʃ/ , /kɑt͡ʃ/ , /kɛt͡ʃ/
  • (countable, sometimes, _, noun adjunct) A concealed difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation.
 Haken
  • (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.
 Fang

catching

ansteckend
eye-catching
auffällig, gezwirbelt
catching up
Aufholjagd
catching-up process
Aufholjagd
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