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catching

Speech parts

1. catching - Noun

2. catching - Adjective

3. catching - Verb

5. catching - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Catch

Infectious; contagious.

Captivating; alluring.

The act of seizing or taking hold of.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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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. Henry James

If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there is a man on base. Dave Barry

Brisk and prompt to war, soft and not in the least able to resist calamity, fickle in catching at schemes, and always striving after novelties - French characteristics remained unaltered twenty centuries after Julius Caesar made a note of them for all time. Frederick Rolfe

Haste is good only for catching flies. Russian Proverb

Nothing is ever well done in a hurry, except flying from the plague or from quarrels, and catching fleas. Italian Proverb

He who has a straw tail is always in fear of its catching fire. Italian Proverb

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