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CATCHING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Becoming infected
Example:
the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic
Synonyms:
catching; contracting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("catching" is a kind of...):
acquiring; getting (the act of acquiring something)
Derivation:
catching ((of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("catching" is a kind of...):
playing (the action of taking part in a game or sport or other recreation)
Domain category:
ball; baseball; baseball game (a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The act of detecting something; catching sight of something
Synonyms:
catching; detection; espial; spotting; spying
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("catching" is a kind of...):
discovery; find; uncovering (the act of discovering something)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
Synonyms:
catching; communicable; contagious; contractable; transmissible; transmittable
Classified under:
Similar:
infectious (easily spread)
Derivation:
catching (becoming infected)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb catch
Context examples:
Many questions remain, such as if this process is replicated in human brains, and if catching up on sleep can reverse the damage.
(Lack of Sleep Makes Brain to Literally Eat Itself, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Catching its shadow involved eight ground-based radio telescopes around the globe, operating together as if they were one telescope the size of our entire planet.
(Black Hole Image Makes History, NASA)
“And so say I!” shouted Sir Oliver, throwing his mace high into the air and catching it again by the handle.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Why,” I cried, “she has pulled the chaise up at the smithy. I’ll find out all the news for you;” and, catching up my cap, away I scampered.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Correct usage of latex condoms greatly reduces, but does not eliminate, the risk of catching or spreading chlamydia.
(Chlamydia Infections, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
The risk of catching a virus from a blood transfusion is low.
(Blood Transfusion and Donation, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
Correct usage of latex condoms can reduce, but not eliminate, the risk of catching or spreading herpes.
(Genital Herpes, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
Correct usage of latex condoms greatly reduces, but does not completely eliminate, the risk of catching or spreading HPV.
(Genital Warts, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
Correct usage of latex condoms greatly reduces, but does not eliminate, the risk of catching or spreading HPV.
(HPV, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
Correct usage of latex condoms greatly reduces, but does not eliminate, the risk of catching or spreading gonorrhea.
(Gonorrhea, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
