To make a grasping or snatching motion (at).
To attract and hold (a faculty or organ of sense).
To grasp mentally: perceive and understand.
To unpleasantly discover unexpectedly; to unpleasantly surprise (someone doing something).
To acquire, as though by infection; to take on through sympathy or infection.
To take or replenish something necessary, such as breath or sleep.
Of fire, to spread or be conveyed to.
To be held back or impeded.
To get pregnant.
To end a player's innings by catching a hit ball before the first bounce.
To be the victim of (something unpleasant, painful etc.).
To entrap or trip up a person; to deceive.
To reach (someone) with a strike, blow, weapon etc.
To be hit by something.
To receive or be affected by (wind, water, fire etc.).
To have something be held back or impeded.
To contact a wave in such a way that one can ride it back to shore.
To travel by means of.
To become infected by (an illness).
To reproduce or echo a spirit or idea faithfully.
To serve well or poorly for catching, especially for catching fish.
To seize or intercept an object moving through the air (or, sometimes, some other medium).
To grip (the water) with one's oars at the beginning of the stroke.
To become pregnant. (Only in past tense or as participle.)
To charm or entrance.
To grip or entangle.
To handle an exception.
To play (a specific period of time) as the catcher.
To spread by infection or similar means.
To take in; to watch or listen to (an entertainment).
To engage with some mechanism; to stick, to succeed in interacting with something or initiating some process.
To capture or snare (someone or something which would rather escape).
To germinate and set down roots.
To be touched or affected by (something) through exposure.
To overtake or catch up to; to be in time for.
The act of noticing, understanding or hearing.
A crick; a sudden muscle pain during unaccustomed positioning when the muscle is in use.
A stopping mechanism, especially a clasp which stops something from opening.
The game of catching a ball.
A hesitation in voice, caused by strong emotion.
A find, in particular a boyfriend or girlfriend or prospective spouse.
A fragment of music or poetry.
The act of catching a hit ball before it reaches the ground, resulting in an out.
Passing opportunities seized; snatches.
The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball.
The act of seizing or capturing.
A type of humorous round in which the voices gradually catch up with one another; usually sung by men and often having bawdy lyrics.
A slight remembrance; a trace.
A crop which has germinated and begun to grow.
The first contact of an oar with the water.
A concealed difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation.
A player in respect of his catching ability; particularly one who catches well.
A stoppage of breath, resembling a slight cough.
The refrain; a line or lines of a song which are repeated from verse to verse.
Something which is captured or caught.
To grasp or grip.
To detain.
To take place, to occur.
In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted.
To have and keep possession of something.
Not to move; to halt; to stop.
To be or remain valid; to apply (usually in the third person).
To contain or store.
To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.
To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
To win one's own service game.
To cause to wait or delay.
To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions.
To maintain, to consider, to opine.
To reserve.
To bear, carry, or manage.
To keep oneself in a particular state.
To remain continent; to control an excretory bodily function.
Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
Power over someone or something.
A place where animals are held for safety
An act or instance of holding.
Keep a firm hold on the handlebars.
A position or grip used to control the opponent.
The wager amount, the total hold.
A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
The cargo area of a ship or aircraft (often holds or cargo hold).
The ability to persist.
An exercise involving holding a position for a set time
An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
Something reserved or kept.
A grasp or grip.
The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
As of Monday night the total Melbourne Cup hold was $848,015
The House Hold on the game is 10,000, this is the amount of decision or risk the house wishes to assume.
The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy.
A statistic awarded to a relief pitcher who is not still pitching at the end of the game and who records at least one out and maintains a lead for his team.
An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
A region of airspace reserved for aircraft being kept in a holding pattern.