Apprehension
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The physical act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure. The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest. The act of grasping with the intellect; the contemplation of things, without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment; intellection; perception. Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea. The faculty by which ideas are conceived; understanding. Anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable; dread or fear at the prospect of some future ill.
Example sentence: When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty; because apprehensions may arise, lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute them in a tyrannical manner.
Catch
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The act of seizing or capturing.The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball.The act of noticing, understanding or hearing.The game of catching a ball.A find, in particular a boyfriend or girlfriend or prospective spouse.Something which is captured or caught.The amount which is caught, especially of fish.A stopping mechanism, especially a clasp which stops something from opening.A hesitation in voice, caused by strong emotion.A concealed difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation.A crick; a sudden muscle pain during unaccustomed positioning when the muscle is in use.A fragment of music or poetry.A state of readiness to capture or seize; an ambush.A crop which has germinated and begun to grow.A type of humorous round in which the voices gradually catch up with one another; usually sung by men and often having bawdy lyrics.The refrain; a line or lines of a song which are repeated from verse to verse.The act of catching a hit ball before it reaches the ground, resulting in an out.A player in respect of his catching ability; particularly one who catches well.The first contact of an oar with the water.A stoppage of breath, resembling a slight cough.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To seize a moving object, with the hands or otherwise.To capture or snare, especially an animal.To seize after a pursuit.To grasp mentally: perceive and understand.To attract and hold.To charm or entrance.To discover, to surprise in the act.To seize (an opportunity).To take in; to watch or listen to (an entertainment).To be in time for; to reach in time (especially, in time to leave).To travel by means of.To spread or be conveyed to.To be infected by.To be affected by; to join in.To regain something necessary, such as breath or sleep.To overtake or catch up to.To receive and retain.To have something be held back or impeded.To suffer from; to receive.To reproduce or echo a spirit or idea faithfully.To engage, stick, or latch.To make a grasping or snatching motion.To catch fire; to ignite.To be held back or impeded.To hesitate, as if momentarily stuck.To spread by contagion.To serve well or poorly for catching, especially for catching fish.To hit someone in a specific place.To be hit by something.To touch or be touched by, especially wind or light.To entrap or trip up a person, especially deceptively.To become pregnant.To marry or enter into a similar relationship with a man.To handle an exception.To play a specific period of time as the catcher.To end a player's innings by catching a hit ball before the first bounce.To lower one's oars into the water at the beginning of the stroke.To contact a wave in such a way that one can ride it back to shore.To deliver or assist in the delivery of a baby.To germinate and set down roots.To turn over.To receive wind; to be blown on.
Example sentence: Happiness is your dentist telling you it won't hurt and then having him catch his hand in the drill.