Definition of 'catching'

See also: catch 

Noun

1. (baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team
2. the act of detecting something; catching sight of something
      Synonyms: detection espial spying spotting
3. becoming infected; "catching cold is sometimes unavoidable"; "the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic"
      Synonyms: contracting

Adjective

1. (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
      Synonyms: communicable contagious contractable transmissible transmittable

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