Meaning of "catch"

catch •

v.
• • 1. to take and hold, capture: humuli, hulihin, dumakip, dakpin
  • 2. to hold out the hands to catch something: sumalo, saluhin, sumambot, sambutin
  • 3. to catch a disease, to be infected: mahawa, mahawahan,
  • 4. to overtake: umabot, abutan
  • 5. to catch a train, bus, truck, etc.: sumakay, sakyan

n.
• • 1. act of catching, e.g., a ball: salo, pagsalo, sambot, pagsambot
  • 2. thing that is caught: huli

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net

n.
• • 1. lambat
  • 2. a big fishing net: pukot, pamukot
  • 3. a mosquito net: kulambo, muskitero
  • 4. a hair net: hernet, lambat sa buhok (ulo)
  • 5. a net for catching butterflies, birds, locusts, etc.: sakyod
  • 6. a trap or snare: silo, bitag, patibong
  • 7. remaining amount after deduction, free from deductions: neto

v.
• • 1. to catch in a net: manlambat, lambatin
  • 2. to net fish: mamukot, manlambat
  • 3. to gain interest: magtubo, tumubo
  • 4. to benefit: pakinabangan, makinabang

surprise

n.
• • 1. a feeling caused by something unexpected: gulat, pagkagulat, mangha, pagkamangha, gitla, pagkagitla, pagkabigla, taka, pagtataka
  • 2. something unexpected: sorpresa

adj.
• • surprising, that is not expected: di akalain, biglaan, di inaasahan

v.
• • 1. to catch unprepared, to come upon suddenly: bumigla, biglain
  • 2. to astonish: manggulat, gumulat, gulatin
  • 3. to be or become astonished: magulat, magtaka, mabigla, magitla

nail

n.
• • 1. a small, slender piece of metal used as a fastener or peg: pako
  • 2. the hard layer at the end of a finger or toe: kuko

v.
• • 1. to fasten with nails: magpako, ipako, pakuan
  • 2. to hold or keep fixed: mapirmi, ipirmi, mapako, ipako
  • 3. to catch, seize: humuli, mahuli, hulihin, dumakip, madakip, dakpin, masubok, subukin
  • 4. to hit the nail on the head, sometimes means to say or do just right: mawasto, tumama, tamaan, matumpak

chill

n.
• • a sensation of cold with fever: ngiki, ginaw

v.
• • 1. to catch a chill, to shiver with cold: mangaligkig, kaligkigin, magkangiki, ngikihin
  • 2. to become cold, feel cold: maginaw, ginawin
  • 3. to make cold: magpalamig, palamigin

latch

n.
• • a catch for fastening a door, gate, window, etc., often one not needing a key: albada, tarangka, trangka

v.
• • to fasten with a latch: magaldaba, ialdaba, magtrangka, itrangka

spy

n.
• • a person who keeps secret watch on the actions of others: espiya, espiya, ispiya, tiktik

v.
• • 1. to find out or try to find out by careful observation: maniktik, tiktikan, mag-espiya, espiyahan, mag-ispiya, ispiyahan
  • 2. to keep secret watch: manubok, subukan, sumubaybay (subaybayan) nang palihim, magmanman, manmanan
  • 3. to catch sight of, see: makita, makakita, mapansin, makapansin, mamataan
  • 4. to spy out, to watch or examine secretly or carefully: magsiyasat na (siyasating) mabuti, magmanmang mabuti

miss

v.
• • 1. to fail to hit: hindi (di, di-) tumama, tamaan o matamaan, magmintis, sumala, sanlan (salahan)
  • 2. to fail to find or meet: di makita, di matagpuan
  • 3. to fail to get: di makuha (makakuha)
  • 4. to let slip by, not seize, to lose: mawala, makawala, makakawala, mawalan
  • 5. to fail to catch: di umabot (abutan, maabutan), mahuli
  • 6. to leave out: mag-iwan, maiwan, iwan, lumaktaw, makalaktaw, laktawan, malaktawan
  • 7. to fail to hear: di marinig
  • 8. to misunderstand: di maintindihan, di maunawaan, di mawatasan, di maulinigan
  • 9. to fail to keep or be present at: di pumasok, magpalya, pumalya, lumiban

n.
• • 1. a form of address given to a girl or to a woman who is not married: binibini, Mis, Miss
  • 2. a failure to reach: di pag-abot, pagkahuli
  • 3. a failure to hit: sala, mintis

kindle

v.
• • 1. to catch fire: magningas
  • 2. to set on fire: magsindi, sindihan, magpaningas, paningasan
  • 3. to become stirred up or aroused: mag-alab, magsiklab

fire

n.
• • 1. the evolution of heat and light: apoy
  • 2. a destructive burning as of a building: sunog
  • 3. to build a fire: magparikit, magparikit ng apoy
  • 4. to catch fire: masunog, masilab, magliyab
  • 5. to set on fire: sunugin, silaban, susuhan

v.
• • 1. to dismiss or be dismissed from a job (coll.): magalis (alisin) sa trabaho, masisante, isisante, magtiwalag
  • 2. to play with fire: maglaro ng apoy
  • 3. to be on fire means (a) burning: nasusunog, nasisilab,

lariat

n.
• • lasso, a long rope with a noose for catching horses, cattle, etc.: silo, panilo, lubid na panilo

v.
• • to catch a horse, a cow, etc. with a lariat: sumilo, manilo, siluin

rope

n.
• • a strong, thick line or cord made by twisting smaller cords together: lubid

v.
• • 1. to tie, to fasten, or to bind with a rope: gumapos, gapusin, igapos, magtali, talian, itali (ng lubid)
  • 2. to catch with a lasso: sumilo, siluin

habol

v.
• • humabol, habulin (-um:-in) to catch up with, to appeal, to run after manghabol, habulin (mang-:-in)

v.
• • to run after somebody. Hinabol ni Pedro si Juan. Peter ran after John.

huli

adj.
• • late, tardy, last mahuli (ma-)

v.
• • to be late or tardy. Dali ka at baka ka mahuli! Hurry up or you might be late.

v.
• • humuli (-um-) to catch, to arrest, to apprehend manghuli, hulihin (mang-:-in)

v.
• • to catch someone, to chase after someone. Nanghuli siya ng masasamang tao. He caught bad people.

salo

v.
• • sumalo (-um-) to catch. Sino ang sumalo ng bola? Who caught the ball?

suyod

n.
• • lice comb, fine toothed comb, farmer's harrow

v.
• • magsuyod, suyurin (mag-:-in) to comb one's hair with a fine nit comb, to catch lice, to harrow the soil, to make an intensive search in a place. Magsuyod ka at baka may kuto ka. Comb your hair with a fine tooth comb because you might have lice.

ipit

v.
• • ipitin (-in) to crush. Huwag mong ipitin ang kamay mo. Don't crush your hand (e.g. on the car door). maipit (ma)

v.
• • to get caught in between, to be clipped. Naipit siya sa pinto. She got pinched in the door [She (her hand, foot, etc.) got caught in the door].

v.
• • mag-ipit (mag-) to clip, pin (hair). Mag-ipit ka ng buhok. Pin your hair in place. mang-ipit, ipitin (mang-:-in, i-)

v.
• • to clip, to clasp, to press, to catch in between

sahod

n.
• • salary sumahod (-um)

v.
• • to catch the flow of something with a receptacle, to receive a salary or wage. Sumahod ako kahapon. I got/received my pay yesterday.

v.
• • magsahod, sahurin (mag-:-in) to catch the dripping. Sahurin mo ang tumutulong tubig sa gripo. Catch the dripping water from the faucet (in a receptacle).