catching

[Catch·ing]

The act of detecting something; catching sight of something

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Infections; contagious.

Noun
becoming infected; "catching cold is sometimes unavoidable"; "the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic"

Noun
(baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team

Noun
the act of detecting something; catching sight of something

Adjective S.
(of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection


p. pr. & vb. n.
of Catch

a.
Infectious; contagious.

a.
Captivating; alluring.

n.
The act of seizing or taking hold of.


Catching

Catch"ing a. 1. Infections; contagious. 2. Captavating; alluring.

Catching

Catch"ing, n. The act of seizing or taking hold of Catching bargain (Law), a bargain made with an heir expectant for the purchase of his expectancy at an inadequate price. Bouvier.

Infections; contagious.

The act of seizing or taking hold of

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Usage Examples

Middle age is the awkward period when Father Time starts catching up with Mother Nature.

I had dreams of catching the ball for the final out in the World Series and being mobbed by my teammates. Well, I guess all my dreams didn't come true.

Experience is never limited, and it is never complete it is an immense sensibility, a kind of huge spider-web of the finest silken threads suspended in the chamber of consciousness, and catching every air-borne particle in its tissue.

Some men like a dull life - they like the routine of eating breakfast, going to work, coming home, petting the dog, watching TV, kissing the kids, and going to bed. Stay clear of it - it's often catching.

The rich are always going to say that, you know, just give us more money and we'll go out and spend more and then it will all trickle down to the rest of you. But that has not worked the last 10 years, and I hope the American public is catching on.

You know for many elected officials they all started in the same place. You know marriage is between a man and a woman, but they understand that they are moving inevitably, catching up to the American public.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

When I can 10 or 11, my mom was the one out there catching passes for me. She was my prime receiver.

Poetry is its own medium it's very different than writing prose. Poetry can talk in an imagistic sense, it has particular ways of catching an environment.

A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labor with both hands at sections of time.

First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint the second time.

The good news is that real-world hands-on conservation is alive and well and catching on across the America I travel.

With women, I've got a long bamboo pole with a leather loop on the end. I slip the loop around their necks so they can't get away or come too close. Like catching snakes.

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