What is the meaning of catching?

noun

• Baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team. (
• The act of detecting something; catching sight of something.
  • synonyms: detection, espial, spying, spotting
• Becoming infected.
  • usage: "catching cold is sometimes unavoidable"; "the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic"
  • synonyms: contracting

verb

• Discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state.
  • usage: "She caught her son eating candy"; "She was caught shoplifting"
  • synonyms: catch
• Perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily.
  • usage: "I caught the aroma of coffee"; "He caught the allusion in her glance"; "ears open to catch every sound"; "The dog picked up the scent"; "Catch a glimpse"
  • synonyms: catch, pick up
• Reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot.
  • usage: "the rock caught her in the back of the head"; "The blow got him in the back"; "The punch caught him in the stomach"
  • synonyms: get, catch
• Take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of.
  • usage: "Catch the ball"; "Grab the elevator door"
  • synonyms: catch, grab, take hold of
• Succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase.
  • usage: "We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the thief"
  • synonyms: get, catch, capture
• To hook or entangle.
  • usage: "One foot caught in the stirrup"
  • synonyms: hitch, catch
• Attract and fix.
  • usage: "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter"
  • synonyms: catch, arrest, get
• Capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping.
  • usage: "I caught a rabbit in the trap today"
  • synonyms: capture, catch
• Reach in time.
  • usage: "I have to catch a train at 7 o'clock"
  • synonyms: catch
• Get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly.
  • usage: "Catch some sleep"; "catch one's breath"
  • synonyms: catch
• Catch up with and possibly overtake.
  • usage: "The Rolls Royce caught us near the exit ramp"
  • synonyms: overtake, catch, catch up with
• Be struck or affected by.
  • usage: "catch fire"; "catch the mood"
  • synonyms: catch
• Check oneself during an action.
  • usage: "She managed to catch herself before telling her boss what was on her mind"
  • synonyms: catch
• Hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers.
  • usage: "We overheard the conversation at the next table"
  • synonyms: catch, take in, overhear
• See or watch.
  • usage: "view a show on television"; "This program will be seen all over the world"; "view an exhibition"; "Catch a show on Broadway"; "see a movie"
  • synonyms: watch, view, see, catch, take in
• Cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled.
  • usage: "I caught the hem of my dress in the brambles"
  • synonyms: catch
• Detect a blunder or misstep.
  • usage: "The reporter tripped up the senator"
  • synonyms: trip up, catch
• Grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of.
  • usage: "did you catch that allusion"; "We caught something of his theory in the lecture"; "don't catch your meaning"; "did you get it"; "She didn't get the joke"; "I just don't get him"
  • synonyms: catch, get
• Contract.
  • usage: "did you catch a cold"
  • synonyms: catch
• Start burning.
  • usage: "The fire caught"
  • synonyms: catch
• Perceive by hearing.
  • usage: "I didn't catch your name"; "She didn't get his name when they met the first time"
  • synonyms: catch, get
• Suffer from the receipt of.
  • usage: "She will catch hell for this behavior"
  • synonyms: catch, get
• Attract; cause to be enamored.
  • usage: "She captured all the men's hearts"
  • synonyms: capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant
• Apprehend and reproduce accurately.
  • usage: "She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings"; "She got the mood just right in her photographs"
  • synonyms: catch, get
• Take in and retain.
  • usage: "We have a big barrel to catch the rainwater"
  • synonyms: catch
• Spread or be communicated.
  • usage: "The fashion did not catch"
  • synonyms: catch
• Be the catcher.
  • usage: "Who is catching"
  • synonyms: catch
• Become aware of.
  • usage: "he caught her staring out the window"
  • synonyms: catch
• Delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned.
  • usage: "I was caught in traffic and missed the meeting"
  • synonyms: catch

adjective

• Of disease. ( capable of being transmitted by infection).
  • synonyms: communicable, contagious, contractable, transmissible, transmittable