(Irregular preterit, past participle: caught).
1. To take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of; SYN. grab, take hold of.
2. To reach in time.
3. To perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily; SYN. pick up.
4. To apprehend and reproduce accurately; SYN. get.
5. To become aware of.
6. To grasp with the mind; SYN. get, understand.
7. To hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers; SYN. take in, overhear.
8. To get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly.
9. To delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned.
10. To discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state.
11. To spread or be communicated.
12. To start burning.
13. To suffer from the receipt of; SYN. get.
14. To attract and fix; SYN. arrest, get.
15. To be struck or affected by;,, etc.
16. To be the catcher, in baseball.
17. To cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled.
18. To check oneself during an action.
19. To contract.
20. To perceive by hearing; SYN. get.
1. To be capable of holding or containing; SYN. take, hold.
2. To be divisible by.
ETYM From Grip a grasp; or P. gripper to seize; -- of German origin. Related to Gripe.
To hold fast or firmly.
ETYM Pref. sub- + Latin sumere to take.
1. To consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle; SYN. colligate.
2. To contain or include.
3. Include within a larger entity or under a broader heading.
1. To make physical contact with, come in contact with
2. To be in contact with; SYN. adjoin, meet.
3. To cause to be in brief contact with
4. To perceive via the tactile sense.
5. To affect emotionally; SYN. stir.
6. To deal with; usually used with a form of negation
7. To comprehend
8. To temper with; SYN. disturb.
(Irregular preterit, past participle: understood).
1. To perceive mentally, as of an idea; SYN. realize, see.
2. To know and comprehend the nature or meaning of.
3. To make sense of a language, although one may not be able to produce it; SYN. read, interpret, translate.
4. To believe to be the case; SYN. gather, infer.
Fachgerechte Befestigung von Steinen, Perlen, Bernstein, Korallen usw.
ETYM Old Eng. bite, bit, bitt, AS. bite bite, from bîtan to bite, akin to Icel. bit, OS. biti, German biss. Related to Bite, Bit.
(Homonym: bight, byte).
1. A light informal meal; SYN. collation, snack, nosh.
2. A wound resulting from biting.
3. The act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws; SYN. chomp.