transitive. To take or catch (a person or thing falling or descending) in one's arms or otherwise. Also in extended use. Now rare.

transitive. To catch. rare.

transitive. To intercept and hold, esp. in the hands, (something which has been thrown, dropped, etc.). Also occasionally intransitive.

To catch (something falling); to catch or receive in (a receptacle). Obsolete exc. dialect.

U.S. To catch, to win by a small margin.