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- affect in a contagious way
- (transitive) To contaminate (an object or substance) with a pathogen.
- communicate a disease to
- corrupt with ideas or an ideology
- contaminate with a disease or microorganism
- (transitive) To bring (the body or part of it) into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen), so that the pathogen begins to act on the body; (of a pathogen) to come into contact with (a body or body part) and begin to act on it.
- (transitive) To make somebody enthusiastic about one's own passion, or to communicate a feeling to others, or a feeling communicating itself to others.
adj
noun
- A disease spread by contact.
- The spread or transmission of such a disease.
- any disease easily transmitted by contact
- an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
- The passing on of manners or behaviour through a closed community or household.
- (finance) A recession or crisis developed in such manner.
- (finance) The spread of (initially small) shocks, which initially affect only a few financial institutions or a particular region of an economy, to other financial sectors and other countries whose economies were previously healthy.
- the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people
noun
- A contagious illness, or a pathogen causing it.
- (television) A small, usually transparent or translucent image placed in a corner of a television program to identify the broadcasting network or cable channel.
- Any of various species of marine (saltwater or freshwater) crustaceans; e.g. a Moreton Bay bug, mudbug.
- (gambling, slang) A small piece of metal used in a slot machine to block certain winning combinations.
- Any insect, arachnid, myriapod or entognath.
- (aviation) A manually positioned marker in flight instruments.
- A concealed electronic eavesdropping or intercept device
- (informal) Any minibeast.
- (entomology) An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”).
- A semi-automated telegraph key.
- (chiefly computing, engineering jargon) A problem that needs fixing.
- Any insect.
- (informal) An enthusiasm for something; an obsession.
- A small and usually invisible file (traditionally a single-pixel image) on a World Wide Web page, primarily used to track users.
- (Maine) A lobster.
- (gambling, slang) A metal clip attached to the underside of a table, etc. to hold hidden cards, as a form of cheating.
- (poker) A limited form of wild card in some variants of poker.
- (paleontology, slang) A trilobite.
- (slang, US, horse-racing) An asterisk denoting an apprentice jockey's weight allowance.
- (printing) Synonym of union bug.
- (informal) A keen enthusiast or hobbyist.
- (slang, US, horse-racing, by extension) A young apprentice jockey.
- (informal) Any insect, arachnid, or other terrestrial arthropod that is a pest.
- (chiefly LGBTQ, "the bug") HIV.
- insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis
- general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate
- a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use
- a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly
- a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine
verb
- (transitive) To install an electronic listening device or devices in.
- (intransitive, of eyes) To bulge or protrude.
- (informal, transitive) To annoy.
- (informal, intransitive) To act suspiciously or irrationally, especially in a way that annoys others.
- (transitive) To represent (a value) using a bug on an instrument.
- tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
- annoy persistently
adj
- (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
- (medicine, of a disease) Capable of being transmitted from one person to another.
- occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
- inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
- (radio communications or broadcasting, of a message or program) Capable of being transmitted from a transmitter to a receiver.
noun
- an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
- (medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease
- moral corruption or contamination
- (international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure
- the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people
- (phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound
- the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms
- A disease caused by such presence of a pathogen.
- A visible sign of such a disease, such as the suppuration of a wound.
- An uncontrolled growth of harmful microorganisms in a host.
- (pathology) The act or process of infecting.
noun
- an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
- the fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substance
- communication by means of transmitted signals
- the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted
- the gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axle
- (textual criticism) The passing down of a text through time.
- (medicine, biology) The passing of a pathogen or communicable disease from an infected host individual or group to a conspecific individual or group.
- (law) The right possessed by an heir or legatee of transmitting to his successor(s) any inheritance, legacy, right, or privilege, to which he is entitled, even if he should die without enjoying or exercising it.
- The act of transmitting, e.g. data (signals) or electric power.
- The fact of being transmitted.
- (automotive, trucking, heavy equipment) A device, usually an assembly of gears (gearbox) plus a clutch or torque converter, through which power is sent from the engine to the driveshaft in an automobile (motor car or motor truck).
- (biology) The passage of a nerve impulse across synapses.
- Something that is transmitted, such as a message, picture, or a disease; the sending of such a thing.
verb
- (transitive) To place into isolation to prevent the spread of any contagious disease.
- (figurative, transitive) Synonym of isolate more generally.
- (intransitive) To enter or stay in quarantine, particularly to self-quarantine to avoid an epidemic disease.
- (figurative, transitive) Synonym of restrict.
- place into enforced isolation, as for medical reasons
noun
- enforced isolation of patients suffering from a contagious disease in order to prevent the spread of disease
- isolation to prevent the spread of infectious disease
- A period of 40 days, particularly
- A place where such isolation is enforced, a lazaret.
- (historical law) The 40-day period during which a widow is entitled to remain in her deceased husband's home while any dower is collected and returned.
- (computing, figurative) The program, drive, computer, etc. thus isolated.
- A period, instance, or state of isolation from the general public or from native livestock and flora enacted to prevent the spread of any contagious disease.
- (historical) A 40-day period formerly imposed by the French king upon warring nobles during which they were forbidden from exacting revenge or continuing to fight.
- (historical) The 40-day period of isolation required after 1448 at Venice's lazaret to avoid renewed outbreaks of the bubonic plague and identical policies in other locations.
- (politics, figurative) A blockade of trade, suspension of diplomatic relations, or other action whereby one country seeks to isolate another.
- (figurative) A similar period, instance, or state of rigidly enforced or self-enforced detention or isolation.
- (computing, figurative) An isolation of one program, drive, computer, etc. from the rest of a computer network to limit the damage from a bug, computer virus, etc.
verb
- (intransitive) To spread by infection or similar means.
- (transitive) To grasp mentally: perceive and understand.
- (transitive) To become infected by (an illness).
- (intransitive) To get pregnant.
- (transitive) To take or replenish something necessary, such as breath or sleep.
- (transitive) To reach (someone) with a strike, blow, weapon etc.
- (transitive) To reproduce or echo a spirit or idea faithfully.
- (intransitive, agriculture) To germinate and set down roots.
- (transitive) To attract and hold (a faculty or organ of sense).
- (transitive) To grip or entangle.
- (transitive) To travel by means of.
- (transitive, rare) To become pregnant. (Only in past tense or as participle.)
- (transitive, intransitive) To receive or be affected by (wind, water, fire etc.).
- (transitive) To be hit by something.
- (intransitive) To be held back or impeded.
- (transitive) To entrap or trip up a person; to deceive.
- (transitive, of fire) To spread or be conveyed to.
- (transitive) To have something be held back or impeded.
- (transitive) To overtake or catch up to; to be in time for.
- (intransitive) To serve well or poorly for catching, especially for catching fish.
- (transitive, computing) To handle an exception.
- (transitive, intransitive, baseball) To play (a specific period of time) as the catcher.
- (transitive, cricket) To end a player's innings by catching a hit ball before the first bounce.
- (transitive) To be touched or affected by (something) through exposure.
- (transitive, rowing) To grip (the water) with one's oars at the beginning of the stroke.
- (transitive) To be the victim of (something unpleasant, painful etc.).
- (intransitive) To make a grasping or snatching motion (at).
- (transitive, surfing) To contact a wave in such a way that one can ride it back to shore.
- (transitive) To unpleasantly discover unexpectedly; to unpleasantly surprise (someone doing something).
- To notice.
- (intransitive) To engage with some mechanism; to stick, to succeed in interacting with something or initiating some process.
- (transitive, informal) To take in; to watch or listen to (an entertainment).
- (transitive) To charm or entrance.
- (transitive) To capture or snare (someone or something which would rather escape).
- (transitive) To acquire, as though by infection; to take on through sympathy or influence.
- (transitive) To seize or intercept an object moving through the air (or, sometimes, some other medium).
- grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
- get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly
- reach in time
- hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
- catch up with and possibly overtake
- to hook or entangle
- suffer from the receipt of
- perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily
- cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled
- attract; cause to be enamored
- perceive by hearing
- be struck or affected by
- apprehend and reproduce accurately
- come down with
- be the catcher
- attract and fix
- detect a blunder or misstep
- start burning
- succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
- become aware of
- capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping
- check oneself during an action
- spread or be communicated
- delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned
- reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
- see or watch
- take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
- discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
- take in and retain
noun
- (countable, music) The refrain; a line or lines of a song which are repeated from verse to verse.
- (countable) A fragment of music or poetry.
- (countable) The act of seizing or capturing.
- (countable) The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball.
- (countable) A stopping mechanism, especially a clasp which stops something from opening.
- (countable) The act of noticing, understanding or hearing.
- Passing opportunities seized; snatches.
- (countable) Something which is captured or caught.
- (countable, cricket, baseball) The act of catching a hit ball before it reaches the ground, resulting in an out.
- (countable, sometimes noun adjunct) A concealed difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation.
- (countable, agriculture) A crop which has germinated and begun to grow.
- (countable) A crick; a sudden muscle pain during unaccustomed positioning when the muscle is in use.
- (countable) A hesitation in voice, caused by strong emotion.
- (countable, rowing) The first contact of an oar with the water.
- (countable, cricket) A player in respect of his catching ability; particularly one who catches well.
- A slight remembrance; a trace.
- (countable, music) A type of humorous round in which the voices gradually catch up with one another; usually sung by men and often having bawdy lyrics.
- (uncountable) The game of catching a ball.
- (countable, phonetics) A stoppage of breath, resembling a slight cough.
- (countable, colloquial, by extension) A find, in particular a boyfriend or girlfriend or prospective spouse.
- a cooperative game in which a ball is passed back and forth
- a break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion)
- a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident
- anything that is caught (especially if it is worth catching)
- a fastener that fastens or locks a door or window
- the quantity that was caught
- a restraint that checks the motion of something
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- the act of catching an object with the hands
- a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect
verb
noun
- (medicine) An abnormal condition of a human, animal or plant that causes discomfort or dysfunction; distinct from injury insofar as the latter is usually instantaneously acquired.
- (figuratively) Any abnormal or harmful condition, as of society, people's attitudes, way of living etc.
- A lack of ease; uneasiness; trouble; vexation; disquiet.
- an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning
verb
- (intransitive) (of an infectious disease) to spread from one species of animal to another and particularly to humans
- (intransitive) (of a bad emotion, situation, etc.) to reach a climax
- to enter into another zone by way of accident or overcrowding; to overflow
- be disgorged
- overflow with a certain feeling
adj
- infectious; having the ability to cause disease
- extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom
- harsh or corrosive in tone
- (microbiology) Of a pathogen: replicating within its host cell, then immediately causing it to undergo lysis.
- (figurative) Extremely hostile or malicious; intensely acrimonious.
- (medicine) Of a disease or disease-causing agent: malignant, able to cause damage to the host.
- Of animals, plants, or substances: extremely venomous or poisonous.
noun
noun
- any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease
- someone who transmits a message
- set used to broadcast radio or tv signals
- An electronic device that generates and amplifies a carrier wave, modulates it with a meaningful signal derived from speech, music, TV or other sources, and broadcasts the resulting signal from an antenna.
- One who or that which transmits something (in all senses).
noun
- any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease
- a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction
- (genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell
- a variable quantity that can be resolved into components
- (computer graphics, attributive) A graphical representation using outlines; vector graphics.
- (mathematics) Any member of a (generalized) vector space.
- (history) Forces, developments, phenomena, processes, systems, etc. which influence the trajectory of history (e.g. imperialism)
- (aviation) A chosen course or direction for motion, as of an aircraft.
- (programming) A kind of dynamically resizable array.
- (psychology) A recurring psychosocial issue that stimulates growth and development in the personality.
- (sociology) A person or entity that passes along an urban legend or other meme.
- (mathematics, computing) An ordered tuple, originally one representing a directed quantity, but by extension any one-dimensional matrix.
- (mathematics, physics) A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points.
- (molecular biology) A DNA molecule used to carry genetic information from one organism into another.
- (computing, operating systems) A memory address containing the address of a code entry point, usually one which is part of a table and often one that is dereferenced and jumped to during the execution of an interrupt.
verb
noun
- A person infected with a pathogen who is responsible for spreading it to many other people.
- (by extension) A person or thing responsible for the widespread distribution of something regarded as dangerous or undesirable (for example, misinformation).
- (also attributively) An event or place which leads to the spread of an infectious disease to many people.
adj
- of or relating to infection
- caused by infection or capable of causing infection
- easily spread
- (pathology, of an illness) Caused by an agent that enters the host's body (such as a bacterium, virus, parasite, or prion); often, also, transmitted among hosts via any of various routes (for example, contact, droplet-borne, airborne, waterborne, foodborne, fomite-borne, or bloodborne).
- (informal) Memorable and invoking excitement or interest.
- (pathology, typically of a person) Able to infect others; capable of transmitting pathogens.
- (of feelings and behaviour) Spreading quickly from one person to another.
noun
- a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time
- (epidemiology) An occurrence of a disease or disorder in a human population at a frequency higher than that expected in a given time period; an episode of outbreak and subsequent high prevalence.
- A widespread disease that affects many humans in a population.
- (by extension, colloquial) A heightened occurrence of anything harmful.
- (figurative) The spreading of an idea or belief amongst a population.
adj
verb
noun
noun
- A disease spread by contact.
- The spread or transmission of such a disease.
- any disease easily transmitted by contact
- an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
- The passing on of manners or behaviour through a closed community or household.
- (finance) A recession or crisis developed in such manner.
- (finance) The spread of (initially small) shocks, which initially affect only a few financial institutions or a particular region of an economy, to other financial sectors and other countries whose economies were previously healthy.
- the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people
noun
- A contagious illness, or a pathogen causing it.
- (television) A small, usually transparent or translucent image placed in a corner of a television program to identify the broadcasting network or cable channel.
- Any of various species of marine (saltwater or freshwater) crustaceans; e.g. a Moreton Bay bug, mudbug.
- (gambling, slang) A small piece of metal used in a slot machine to block certain winning combinations.
- Any insect, arachnid, myriapod or entognath.
- (aviation) A manually positioned marker in flight instruments.
- A concealed electronic eavesdropping or intercept device
- (informal) Any minibeast.
- (entomology) An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”).
- A semi-automated telegraph key.
- (chiefly computing, engineering jargon) A problem that needs fixing.
- Any insect.
- (informal) An enthusiasm for something; an obsession.
- A small and usually invisible file (traditionally a single-pixel image) on a World Wide Web page, primarily used to track users.
- (Maine) A lobster.
- (gambling, slang) A metal clip attached to the underside of a table, etc. to hold hidden cards, as a form of cheating.
- (poker) A limited form of wild card in some variants of poker.
- (paleontology, slang) A trilobite.
- (slang, US, horse-racing) An asterisk denoting an apprentice jockey's weight allowance.
- (printing) Synonym of union bug.
- (informal) A keen enthusiast or hobbyist.
- (slang, US, horse-racing, by extension) A young apprentice jockey.
- (informal) Any insect, arachnid, or other terrestrial arthropod that is a pest.
- (chiefly LGBTQ, "the bug") HIV.
- insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis
- general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate
- a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use
- a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly
- a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine
verb
- (transitive) To install an electronic listening device or devices in.
- (intransitive, of eyes) To bulge or protrude.
- (informal, transitive) To annoy.
- (informal, intransitive) To act suspiciously or irrationally, especially in a way that annoys others.
- (transitive) To represent (a value) using a bug on an instrument.
- tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
- annoy persistently
noun
- an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
- (medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease
- moral corruption or contamination
- (international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure
- the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people
- (phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound
- the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms
- A disease caused by such presence of a pathogen.
- A visible sign of such a disease, such as the suppuration of a wound.
- An uncontrolled growth of harmful microorganisms in a host.
- (pathology) The act or process of infecting.
noun
- an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
- the fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substance
- communication by means of transmitted signals
- the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted
- the gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axle
- (textual criticism) The passing down of a text through time.
- (medicine, biology) The passing of a pathogen or communicable disease from an infected host individual or group to a conspecific individual or group.
- (law) The right possessed by an heir or legatee of transmitting to his successor(s) any inheritance, legacy, right, or privilege, to which he is entitled, even if he should die without enjoying or exercising it.
- The act of transmitting, e.g. data (signals) or electric power.
- The fact of being transmitted.
- (automotive, trucking, heavy equipment) A device, usually an assembly of gears (gearbox) plus a clutch or torque converter, through which power is sent from the engine to the driveshaft in an automobile (motor car or motor truck).
- (biology) The passage of a nerve impulse across synapses.
- Something that is transmitted, such as a message, picture, or a disease; the sending of such a thing.
adj
noun
verb
noun
noun
- any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease
- someone who transmits a message
- set used to broadcast radio or tv signals
- An electronic device that generates and amplifies a carrier wave, modulates it with a meaningful signal derived from speech, music, TV or other sources, and broadcasts the resulting signal from an antenna.
- One who or that which transmits something (in all senses).
noun
- any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease
- a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction
- (genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell
- a variable quantity that can be resolved into components
- (computer graphics, attributive) A graphical representation using outlines; vector graphics.
- (mathematics) Any member of a (generalized) vector space.
- (history) Forces, developments, phenomena, processes, systems, etc. which influence the trajectory of history (e.g. imperialism)
- (aviation) A chosen course or direction for motion, as of an aircraft.
- (programming) A kind of dynamically resizable array.
- (psychology) A recurring psychosocial issue that stimulates growth and development in the personality.
- (sociology) A person or entity that passes along an urban legend or other meme.
- (mathematics, computing) An ordered tuple, originally one representing a directed quantity, but by extension any one-dimensional matrix.
- (mathematics, physics) A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points.
- (molecular biology) A DNA molecule used to carry genetic information from one organism into another.
- (computing, operating systems) A memory address containing the address of a code entry point, usually one which is part of a table and often one that is dereferenced and jumped to during the execution of an interrupt.
verb
noun
- A person infected with a pathogen who is responsible for spreading it to many other people.
- (by extension) A person or thing responsible for the widespread distribution of something regarded as dangerous or undesirable (for example, misinformation).
- (also attributively) An event or place which leads to the spread of an infectious disease to many people.
verb
- (transitive) To place into isolation to prevent the spread of any contagious disease.
- (figurative, transitive) Synonym of isolate more generally.
- (intransitive) To enter or stay in quarantine, particularly to self-quarantine to avoid an epidemic disease.
- (figurative, transitive) Synonym of restrict.
- place into enforced isolation, as for medical reasons
noun
- enforced isolation of patients suffering from a contagious disease in order to prevent the spread of disease
- isolation to prevent the spread of infectious disease
- A period of 40 days, particularly
- A place where such isolation is enforced, a lazaret.
- (historical law) The 40-day period during which a widow is entitled to remain in her deceased husband's home while any dower is collected and returned.
- (computing, figurative) The program, drive, computer, etc. thus isolated.
- A period, instance, or state of isolation from the general public or from native livestock and flora enacted to prevent the spread of any contagious disease.
- (historical) A 40-day period formerly imposed by the French king upon warring nobles during which they were forbidden from exacting revenge or continuing to fight.
- (historical) The 40-day period of isolation required after 1448 at Venice's lazaret to avoid renewed outbreaks of the bubonic plague and identical policies in other locations.
- (politics, figurative) A blockade of trade, suspension of diplomatic relations, or other action whereby one country seeks to isolate another.
- (figurative) A similar period, instance, or state of rigidly enforced or self-enforced detention or isolation.
- (computing, figurative) An isolation of one program, drive, computer, etc. from the rest of a computer network to limit the damage from a bug, computer virus, etc.
noun
- a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time
- (epidemiology) An occurrence of a disease or disorder in a human population at a frequency higher than that expected in a given time period; an episode of outbreak and subsequent high prevalence.
- A widespread disease that affects many humans in a population.
- (by extension, colloquial) A heightened occurrence of anything harmful.
- (figurative) The spreading of an idea or belief amongst a population.
adj
verb
- affect in a contagious way
- (transitive) To contaminate (an object or substance) with a pathogen.
- communicate a disease to
- corrupt with ideas or an ideology
- contaminate with a disease or microorganism
- (transitive) To bring (the body or part of it) into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen), so that the pathogen begins to act on the body; (of a pathogen) to come into contact with (a body or body part) and begin to act on it.
- (transitive) To make somebody enthusiastic about one's own passion, or to communicate a feeling to others, or a feeling communicating itself to others.
adj
verb
- (transitive) To place into isolation to prevent the spread of any contagious disease.
- (figurative, transitive) Synonym of isolate more generally.
- (intransitive) To enter or stay in quarantine, particularly to self-quarantine to avoid an epidemic disease.
- (figurative, transitive) Synonym of restrict.
- place into enforced isolation, as for medical reasons
noun
- enforced isolation of patients suffering from a contagious disease in order to prevent the spread of disease
- isolation to prevent the spread of infectious disease
- A period of 40 days, particularly
- A place where such isolation is enforced, a lazaret.
- (historical law) The 40-day period during which a widow is entitled to remain in her deceased husband's home while any dower is collected and returned.
- (computing, figurative) The program, drive, computer, etc. thus isolated.
- A period, instance, or state of isolation from the general public or from native livestock and flora enacted to prevent the spread of any contagious disease.
- (historical) A 40-day period formerly imposed by the French king upon warring nobles during which they were forbidden from exacting revenge or continuing to fight.
- (historical) The 40-day period of isolation required after 1448 at Venice's lazaret to avoid renewed outbreaks of the bubonic plague and identical policies in other locations.
- (politics, figurative) A blockade of trade, suspension of diplomatic relations, or other action whereby one country seeks to isolate another.
- (figurative) A similar period, instance, or state of rigidly enforced or self-enforced detention or isolation.
- (computing, figurative) An isolation of one program, drive, computer, etc. from the rest of a computer network to limit the damage from a bug, computer virus, etc.
verb
- (intransitive) To spread by infection or similar means.
- (transitive) To grasp mentally: perceive and understand.
- (transitive) To become infected by (an illness).
- (intransitive) To get pregnant.
- (transitive) To take or replenish something necessary, such as breath or sleep.
- (transitive) To reach (someone) with a strike, blow, weapon etc.
- (transitive) To reproduce or echo a spirit or idea faithfully.
- (intransitive, agriculture) To germinate and set down roots.
- (transitive) To attract and hold (a faculty or organ of sense).
- (transitive) To grip or entangle.
- (transitive) To travel by means of.
- (transitive, rare) To become pregnant. (Only in past tense or as participle.)
- (transitive, intransitive) To receive or be affected by (wind, water, fire etc.).
- (transitive) To be hit by something.
- (intransitive) To be held back or impeded.
- (transitive) To entrap or trip up a person; to deceive.
- (transitive, of fire) To spread or be conveyed to.
- (transitive) To have something be held back or impeded.
- (transitive) To overtake or catch up to; to be in time for.
- (intransitive) To serve well or poorly for catching, especially for catching fish.
- (transitive, computing) To handle an exception.
- (transitive, intransitive, baseball) To play (a specific period of time) as the catcher.
- (transitive, cricket) To end a player's innings by catching a hit ball before the first bounce.
- (transitive) To be touched or affected by (something) through exposure.
- (transitive, rowing) To grip (the water) with one's oars at the beginning of the stroke.
- (transitive) To be the victim of (something unpleasant, painful etc.).
- (intransitive) To make a grasping or snatching motion (at).
- (transitive, surfing) To contact a wave in such a way that one can ride it back to shore.
- (transitive) To unpleasantly discover unexpectedly; to unpleasantly surprise (someone doing something).
- To notice.
- (intransitive) To engage with some mechanism; to stick, to succeed in interacting with something or initiating some process.
- (transitive, informal) To take in; to watch or listen to (an entertainment).
- (transitive) To charm or entrance.
- (transitive) To capture or snare (someone or something which would rather escape).
- (transitive) To acquire, as though by infection; to take on through sympathy or influence.
- (transitive) To seize or intercept an object moving through the air (or, sometimes, some other medium).
- grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
- get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly
- reach in time
- hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
- catch up with and possibly overtake
- to hook or entangle
- suffer from the receipt of
- perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily
- cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled
- attract; cause to be enamored
- perceive by hearing
- be struck or affected by
- apprehend and reproduce accurately
- come down with
- be the catcher
- attract and fix
- detect a blunder or misstep
- start burning
- succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
- become aware of
- capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping
- check oneself during an action
- spread or be communicated
- delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned
- reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
- see or watch
- take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
- discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
- take in and retain
noun
- (countable, music) The refrain; a line or lines of a song which are repeated from verse to verse.
- (countable) A fragment of music or poetry.
- (countable) The act of seizing or capturing.
- (countable) The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball.
- (countable) A stopping mechanism, especially a clasp which stops something from opening.
- (countable) The act of noticing, understanding or hearing.
- Passing opportunities seized; snatches.
- (countable) Something which is captured or caught.
- (countable, cricket, baseball) The act of catching a hit ball before it reaches the ground, resulting in an out.
- (countable, sometimes noun adjunct) A concealed difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation.
- (countable, agriculture) A crop which has germinated and begun to grow.
- (countable) A crick; a sudden muscle pain during unaccustomed positioning when the muscle is in use.
- (countable) A hesitation in voice, caused by strong emotion.
- (countable, rowing) The first contact of an oar with the water.
- (countable, cricket) A player in respect of his catching ability; particularly one who catches well.
- A slight remembrance; a trace.
- (countable, music) A type of humorous round in which the voices gradually catch up with one another; usually sung by men and often having bawdy lyrics.
- (uncountable) The game of catching a ball.
- (countable, phonetics) A stoppage of breath, resembling a slight cough.
- (countable, colloquial, by extension) A find, in particular a boyfriend or girlfriend or prospective spouse.
- a cooperative game in which a ball is passed back and forth
- a break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion)
- a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident
- anything that is caught (especially if it is worth catching)
- a fastener that fastens or locks a door or window
- the quantity that was caught
- a restraint that checks the motion of something
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- the act of catching an object with the hands
- a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect
verb
noun
- (medicine) An abnormal condition of a human, animal or plant that causes discomfort or dysfunction; distinct from injury insofar as the latter is usually instantaneously acquired.
- (figuratively) Any abnormal or harmful condition, as of society, people's attitudes, way of living etc.
- A lack of ease; uneasiness; trouble; vexation; disquiet.
- an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning
verb
- (intransitive) (of an infectious disease) to spread from one species of animal to another and particularly to humans
- (intransitive) (of a bad emotion, situation, etc.) to reach a climax
- to enter into another zone by way of accident or overcrowding; to overflow
- be disgorged
- overflow with a certain feeling
verb
adj
noun
verb
adj
- (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
- (medicine, of a disease) Capable of being transmitted from one person to another.
- occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
- inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
- (radio communications or broadcasting, of a message or program) Capable of being transmitted from a transmitter to a receiver.
adj
- infectious; having the ability to cause disease
- extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom
- harsh or corrosive in tone
- (microbiology) Of a pathogen: replicating within its host cell, then immediately causing it to undergo lysis.
- (figurative) Extremely hostile or malicious; intensely acrimonious.
- (medicine) Of a disease or disease-causing agent: malignant, able to cause damage to the host.
- Of animals, plants, or substances: extremely venomous or poisonous.
adj
- of or relating to infection
- caused by infection or capable of causing infection
- easily spread
- (pathology, of an illness) Caused by an agent that enters the host's body (such as a bacterium, virus, parasite, or prion); often, also, transmitted among hosts via any of various routes (for example, contact, droplet-borne, airborne, waterborne, foodborne, fomite-borne, or bloodborne).
- (informal) Memorable and invoking excitement or interest.
- (pathology, typically of a person) Able to infect others; capable of transmitting pathogens.
- (of feelings and behaviour) Spreading quickly from one person to another.