CATCHING
Dictionary entry overview: What does catching mean?
• CATCHING (noun)
The noun CATCHING has 3 senses:
1. (baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team
2. the act of detecting something; catching sight of something
3. becoming infected
Familiarity information: CATCHING used as a noun is uncommon.
• CATCHING (adjective)
The adjective CATCHING has 1 sense:
1. (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
Familiarity information: CATCHING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CATCHING (noun)
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:
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)
Meaning:
The act of detecting something; catching sight of something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
espial; catching; detection; spotting; spying
Hypernyms ("catching" is a kind of...):
discovery; find; uncovering (the act of discovering something)
Meaning:
Becoming infected
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
contracting; catching
Context examples:
catching cold is sometimes unavoidable / the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic
Hypernyms ("catching" is a kind of...):
acquiring; getting (the act of acquiring something)
• CATCHING (adjective)
Meaning:
(of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
Synonyms:
catching; communicable; contractable; transmissible; transmittable; contagious
Similar:
infectious (easily spread)
