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I . catch <-escaught, caught> [kætʃ] VB trans

1. catch ball, etc:

catch
catch

3. catch bus, taxi:

catch
catch

4. catch the flu, a cold:

catch

5. catch:

to catch fire

6. catch (discover doing wrong):

to catch sb (doing sth)
to catch sb red handed fig
to catch sb by surprise

7. catch (hear):

catch

II . catch <-es> [kætʃ] N

1. catch no pl (of fish):

catch
pesca f

2. catch fig:

catch
he's a good catch

3. catch (ball):

catch

4. catch (fastening device):

catch
trinco m

5. catch (negative point):

catch
ardil m
catch

catch on VB intr

1. catch on (become popular):

catch on

2. catch on inf (understand):

catch on
to catch on to sth

II . catch up VB trans

to catch sb up Brit, Aus

safety catch N

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
Expecting to find a small fish population, the researchers caught twenty fish in one catch, increasing previous estimates of the loch's fish population about ninefold.
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When drifting fish hits a pole, a fisherman feels this and pulls the catch out.
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The boy's father used his son to catch the store in the act after he was found taking laughing gas at school.
www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk
Look at the pictures while we hear from some of the legends of old time catch wrestling talking about their approaches to the hammerlock.
www.bloodyelbow.com
Why do we need three boats to go and catch a certain species of fish when we can just have two boats there and have some sort of cooperative arrangement?
www.stuff.co.nz
Often the coxswain would be thrown into the air to catch the chicken.
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Something should also be placed below the patient to catch any urine that leaks during removal.
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In the event of a fall, the gear acts as a catch-point for the rope, thus preventing the climber from hurtling to the ground.
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Finally, you can catch all of these water cooler conversation starters in one convenient place.
movieweb.com
Where such sub-districts are used elsewhere such as on street signs and maps, the original unsuffixed catch-all versions often remain in use instead.
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