Definition of caught

"caught" in the verb sense

1. catch

discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly catch somebody doing something or in a certain state

"She caught her son eating candy"

"She was caught shoplifting"

2. catch, pick up

perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily

"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"

3. get, catch

reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot

"the rock caught her in the back of the head"

"The blow got him in the back"

"The punch caught him in the stomach"

4. catch, grab, take hold of

take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of

"Catch the ball!"

"Grab the elevator door!"

5. get, catch, capture

succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase

"We finally got the suspect"

"Did you catch the thief?"

6. hitch, catch

to hook or entangle

"One foot caught in the stirrup"

7. catch, arrest, get

attract and fix

"His look caught her"

"She caught his eye"

"Catch the attention of the waiter"

8. capture, catch

capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping

"I caught a rabbit in the trap today"

9. catch

reach in time

"I have to catch a train at 7 o'clock"

10. catch

get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly

"Catch some sleep"

"catch one's breath"

11. overtake, catch, catch up with

catch up with and possibly overtake

"The Rolls Royce caught us near the exit ramp"

12. catch

be struck or affected by

"catch fire"

"catch the mood"

13. catch

check oneself during an action

"She managed to catch herself before telling her boss what was on her mind"

14. catch, take in, overhear

hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers

"We overheard the conversation at the next table"

15. watch, view, see, catch, take in

see or watch

"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"

16. catch

cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled

"I caught the hem of my dress in the brambles"

17. trip up, catch

detect a blunder or misstep

"The reporter tripped up the senator"

18. catch, get

grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of

"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"

19. catch

contract

"did you catch a cold?"

20. catch

start burning

"The fire caught"

21. catch, get

perceive by hearing

"I didn't catch your name"

"She didn't get his name when they met the first time"

22. catch, get

suffer from the receipt of

"She will catch hell for this behavior!"

23. capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant

attract cause to be enamored

"She captured all the men's hearts"

24. catch, get

apprehend and reproduce accurately

"She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings"

"She got the mood just right in her photographs"

25. catch

take in and retain

"We have a big barrel to catch the rainwater"

26. catch

spread or be communicated

"The fashion did not catch"

27. catch

be the catcher

"Who is catching?"

28. catch

become aware of

"he caught her staring out the window"

29. catch

delay or hold up prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned

"I was caught in traffic and missed the meeting"

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Quotations for caught

Fancy light from fancy caught. [ Tennyson ]

A good thing is soon caught up. [ Proverb ]

Wise men may chance to be caught. [ Proverb ]

A hare is not caught with a drum. [ La Fontaine ]

All fish are not caught with flies. [ Proverb ]

Old birds are not caught with chaff. [ Proverb ]

There I caught a knave in a purse-net. [ Proverb ]

It is good fish, if it were but caught. [ Proverb ]

Subtlety set up a trap and caught itself. [ Proverb ]

You cast your net but nothing was caught. [ Proverb ]

A fox is not caught twice in the same trap. [ French Proverb ]

The liar is sooner caught than the cripple. [ Proverb ]

An old bird is not to be caught with chaff. [ Proverb ]

Fish are not to be caught with a bird-call. [ Proverb ]

I took him napping, as Moss caught his mare. [ Proverb ]

Do you never think what wondrous beings these?
Do you never think who made them, and who taught
The dialect they speak, where melodies
Alone are the interpreters of thought?
Whose household words are songs in many keys,
Sweeter than instrument of man ever caught! [ Longfellow ]

His eloquence is classic in its style,
Not brilliant with explosive coruscations
Of heterogeneous thoughts, at random caught.
And scattered like a shower of shooting stars,
That end in darkness: no; - his noble mind
Is clear, and full, and stately, and serene.
His earnest and undazzled eye he keeps
Fixed on the sun of Truth, and breathes his words
As easily as eagles cleave the air,
And never pauses till the height is won;
And all who listen follow where he leads. [ Mrs. Hale ]

It is a mad hare that will be caught with a tabor. [ Proverb ]

Sell not the bear-skin before you have caught him. [ Proverb ]

The mouse that hath but one hole, is easily caught. [ Proverb ]

Make not your sauce before you have caught the fish. [ Proverb ]

Trust not the treason of those smiling looks.
Until ye have their guileful trains well tried;
For they are like but unto golden hooks.
That from the foolish fish their baits do hide:
So she with flattering smiles weak hearts doth guide
Unto her love, and tempt to their decay;
Whom, being caught, she kills with cruel pride,
And feeds at pleasure on the wretched prey. [ Spenser ]

Every one is glad to see a knave caught in his own trap. [ Proverb ]

The fowler's pipe sounds sweet, till the bird is caught. [ Proverb ]

He rode sure indeed that never caught a fall in his life. [ Proverb ]

A bird may be caught with a snare, that will not be shot. [ Proverb ]

That fish will soon be caught that nibbles at every bait. [ Proverb ]

But now so wise and wary was the knight
By trial of his former harms and cares,
That he descry'd and shunned still his slight;
The fish, that once was caught, new bait will hardly bite. [ Spenser ]

It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait. [ Proverb ]

Let a man be never so wise, he may be caught with sober lies. [ Swift ]

The fish may be caught in a net, that will not come to a hook. [ Proverb ]

If you are going to cheat, it's better if you don't get caught. [ Yogi Berra ]

The public are to be caught by the ears, as one takes a pot by the handles. [ Proverb ]

Ignorant people are to be caught by the ears as one catches a pot by the handle. [ From the French ]

He submits himself to be seen through a microscope who suffers himself to be caught in a fit of passion. [ Lavater ]

It is certain that either wise bearing or ignorant carriage is caught as men take diseases, one of another. [ William Shakespeare ]

Our favorites are few: since only what rises from the heart reaches it, being caught and carried on the tongues of men wheresoever love and letters journey. [ Alcott ]

Experience unveils too late the snares laid for youth; it is the white frost which discovers the spider's web when the flies are no longer there to be caught. [ J. Petit-Senn ]

Adverse fortune seldom spares men of the noblest virtues. No one can with safety expose himself often to dangers. The man who has often escaped is at last caught. [ Seneca ]

As the evening sun faded from a salmon color to a sort of flint gray, I thought back to the salmon I caught that morning, and how gray he was, and how I named him Flint. [ Jack Handey, Deep Thoughts ]

This, therefore, is a law not found in books, but written on the fleshly tablets of the heart, which we have not learned from man, received or read, but which we have caught up from Nature herself, sucked in and imbibed; the knowledge of which we were not taught, but for which we were made; we received it not by education, but by intuition. [ Cicero ]

I wouldn't be surprised if someday some fisherman caught a big shark and cut it open, and there inside was a whole person. Then they cut the person open, and in him is a little baby shark. And in the baby shark there isn't a person, because it would be too small. But there's a little doll or something, like a Johnny Combat little toy guy - something like that. [ Jack Handey, Deep Thoughts ]

The refining influence is the study of art, which is the science of beauty; and I find that every man values every scrap of knowledge in art, every observation of his own in it, every hint he has caught from another. For the laws of beauty are the beauty of beauty, and give the mind the same or a higher joy than the sight of it gives the senses. The study of art is of high value to the growth of the intellect. [ Emerson ]

Art, not less eloquently than literature, teaches her children to venerate the single eye. Remember Matsys. His representations of miser-life are breathing. A forfeited bond twinkles in the hard smile. But follow him to an altar-piece. His Apostle has caught a stray tint from his usurer. Features of exquisite beauty are seen and loved; but the old nature of avarice frets under the glow of devotion. Pathos staggers on the edge of farce. [ Willmott ]

caught in Scrabble®

The word caught is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters caught:

CAUGHT
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caught in Words With Friends™

The word caught is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 14

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters caught:

CAUGHT
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Words within the letters of caught

2 letter words in caught (6 words)

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caught + 2 blanks (2 words)

Words containing the sequence caught

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Word Growth involving caught

Shorter words in caught

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Longer words containing caught

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