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W1913 [1]
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WN [2]
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DCE [3]
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CC [4]
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OED [5]
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RHU [6]
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AH4 [7]
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MW3 [8]
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MQ4 [9]
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| seize object in motion
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4
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1a
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24
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3
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4b
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2c
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6
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| seize after pursuing
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2
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5
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2a, 2b
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(included in 24)
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1a
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1
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| capture, snare (animal, etc.)
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8
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7
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9
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4
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2
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2
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1b
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| trip up, deceive
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17
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3
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5
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16
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15
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1c
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2
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| apprehend, grasp with the mind
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5 (mind)
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2 (senses), 18 (mind)
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12 (mind)
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35a
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18 (mind)
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12a (mind)
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9a, 11(II)(slang)
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17
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| spread or be conveyed to (fire catches)
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6
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20, 26(fad)
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22b
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17 (ignite)
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13(obsolete), 14a(fire), 14b
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26 (fire)
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4(II) (ignite)
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2f (fire), 1(II) (fire)
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20
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| charm, allure
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7
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23
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14
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37
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17
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14
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16
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| get possession of
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8, 1(II)
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6a, 6b(?)
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6a
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| be infected by/with
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9
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12 (fire/mood), 19 (illness)
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4 (illness), 22a (fire)
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8
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33 (illness), 34 (mood)
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5 (illness), 14 (mood)
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9 (illness), 10a (mood)
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3a (illness), 3b (mood), 6a (fire)
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10
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| discover (someone doing something)
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10
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1
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9a
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4
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3a, 3b
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1d
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4
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| reach in time
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11
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9
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9
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6
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7b
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6
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5b
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6c, 6d(?)
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3a
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| be held or impeded (foot catches)
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2(II)
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6
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10
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18
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22
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1(II)
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3a(II)
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18
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| take hold; latch
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3(II)
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10
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28 (snag)
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8 (take hold), 15, 24(intransitive)
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6a (snag)
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4(II)
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12 (snag), 13, 19(intransitive)
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| spread by infection
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4(II)
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3(II)
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| hit someone somewhere
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3
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25
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5
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11
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13
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7
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2b (emotionally), 3c
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5
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| regain (catch breath)
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10
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20
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16b
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| catch up with, overtake
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11
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(included in 6)
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7a, 8
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23
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5a
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1g (unprepared), 6b
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| stop, interrupt
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13 (oneself)
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16 ("hold back")
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26 (breath only), 27
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11
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8 (oneself)
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1e (oneself), 3b(II) (breath only)
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9
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| overhear
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14
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13
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19
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11a (incl. seeing)
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| watch or listen to (a show)
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15
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7
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35b
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12
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11b, 16a (informal)
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15
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| cause to be impeded (catch one's foot)
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9
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6b
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2g
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12
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| hear correctly (catch someone's name)
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21
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12 (neg. only)
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13
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(included in 19)
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| suffer (catch Hell)[10]
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22
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30
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10b
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3d
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| attract and hold (catch someone's eye)
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(included in 7)
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7
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1b, 11
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37b
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10
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13
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7
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14
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| reproduce/describe faithfully
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24
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15
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36
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20
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12b
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9b
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| take in and retain (catch water)
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25
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28
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(included in 3)
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4a
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| play baseball as the catcher
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27
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25
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5(II)
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10b, 10(II)
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| notice
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(included in 10?)
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28
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1h
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| delay (passive) (caught in traffic)
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(included in 2(II)?)
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29
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6c
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| shine on (light catches)
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29
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8b ("make contact")
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| be or be blown on (wind catches)
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31
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31b
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5(II)
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| end a player's innings in cricket
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32a
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18
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24c
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10a
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8
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| chase
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| run
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2
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| become pregnant
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9b (passive)
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8(II)("domestic mammal")
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| grasp (at)
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19
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22, 23, 12a("seize")
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7 (seize)
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4a (seize), 2(II)
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2, 2a(seize), 2(II)
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| make good contact with water when rowing
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12b
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| germinate and establish
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12c
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27
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9(II)
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| begin
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15
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| attach
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16a,16b
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| snatch (away)
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21
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| seize an opportunity
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25
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2d
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| acquire
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29 (obsolete), 38
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2e
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| assist in birthing
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21 (southern US)
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| marry
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1f
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| get briefly
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5
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| handle suitably
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11
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| turn over (engine catches)
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6b(II)
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| freeze over
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7(II) (dialectal)
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| scorch and stick to the pan
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12(II)
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| take, board
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3b
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| to surf a wave in a certain fashion
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7
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| fare in catching
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| gloss
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W1913 [1]
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WN [2]
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DCE [3]
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CC [4]
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OED [5]
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RHU [6]
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AH4 [7]
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MW3 [8]
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MQ4 [9]
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| act of seizing/catching
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21
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1a
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28
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22
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| that by which sth. is fastened or stopped
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2
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7
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3
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22
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10
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29
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2
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23
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| posture of readiness to seize
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3 (archaic)
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1b
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| that which is caught
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4
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23
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11a
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32
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3a
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1
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24
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| something desirable to be caught
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5 (colloquial)
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33
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3b
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| (plural) passing opportunities
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6
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| trace, remembrance
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7
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| type of canon or round
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29
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36
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27
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| hidden drawback
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2 (informal)
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27a, 27b(noun adjunct)
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7b
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30
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8
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30
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| break in voice
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1e (glottal)
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31
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2b, 9 ("glottal stop")
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| restraint
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6
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| ball game
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8
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34
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4b
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2d
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| act of arresting a criminal
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10
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| act of catching a ball
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1c?
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4a
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2c
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| quantity caught
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(included in 4; includes "profit")
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2
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4 (fish only)
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24
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2b (fish only)
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5
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| marriage partner/prospect
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(included in 5)
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3
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7
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25 (informal)
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11b (colloquial)
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(included in 33)
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(included in 4)
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26 (colloquial)
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| catching a cricket ball before it reaches the ground
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28
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3
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28a
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| gripping water with oar
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1d
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2e
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| catching fish
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2a
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2a
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| harvest / crop
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2c
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39 (establishment of crop)
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8 (germination and establishment)
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| cricket player who catches well
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3b
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| trick question
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7a (obsolete)
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| artifice to catch attention
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8
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| view
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9 (obsolete)
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| last sheep shorn
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11c (Australia/NZ)
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31
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| key point
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12 (obsolete)
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| fragment
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13 (obsolete)
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35
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9
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| break in operation
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7
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| wicket gained by a catch
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