CATCHES

Date "CATCHES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1385. (references)

Mining

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Discontinuity

Adverb: at intervals; by snatches, by jerks, by skips, by catches, by fits and starts; skippingly, per saltum; longo intervallo.

Crosswords: CATCHES

This is what it does when it catches hold of you (Mononoke-hime; writing credit: Karl Tunberg)

If the house catches fire, call this number (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

What d'you do if he catches you (Malcolm in the Middle; writing credit: Daniel Frenette)

Big bait catches big rat (Babes in Toyland; writing credit: Frank Butler; Nick Grinde)

I like to look for things no one else catches. I hate the way nobody ever looks at the road in old movies (Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le; writing credit: Guillaume Laurant; Jean-Pierre Jeunet)

Dip before somebody catches ya (Murder Murder (Remix) *; performing artist: Eminem)

Takes more then just looks, to get me shook, When he catches my mind, He'll (I'm Right here; performing artist: Samantha Mumba)

Well you see the coming day catches up to you, yeah (Original Prankster; performing artist: The Offspring)

When you see the coming day catches up to you, yeah (Original Prankster; performing artist: The Offspring)

A crank is someone with a new idea -- until it catches on. (references; author: Mark Twain)

A good friend see the first tear, catches the second, and stops the third. (references; author: unknown)

Willie Catches On (1962)

The Growler Gang Catches a Tartar (1900)

Black Cat/White Cat. It's a Good Cat If It Catches the Mouse. Deng Xiaopeng (1989)

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Books

• As the Future Catches You: How Genomics and Other Forces Are Changing Your Life, Your Work, Your Investments, Your World (reference)

• The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures (reference)

• AS FUTURE CATCHES YOU [DOWNLOAD: ADOBE READER] (reference)

• Little Hopper: Catches a Cold (reference)

• Little Raccoon Catches a Cold (Sidebyside) (reference)

  (more book examples)

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Hosing down an unworthy Pollywog Lieutenant Ray Moses catches the wrath of the almighty Shellbacks Crossing the Equator on the PIONEER. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

A fisherman catches and releases a small striped bass from the pier at Pirate's Cove. Credit: Fisheries.

NMFS samplers ready to weigh and measure anglers' catches. Credit: Fisheries.

Air Force Falcons wide receiver Ryan Fleming, playing with a separated shoulder, catches a pass thrown by quarterback Mike Thiessen. The Falcons came up short in their overtime loss 34-31 against Notre Dame's Fighting Irish, Oct. 28. (P.; photo by Staff. Sgt..

Guzzler catches rainfall to provide water for wildlife near Pateros, Washington. Credit: Neal Hedges.

"The thoughts of Arthur James Yettke, aviation boatswain's mate, third class, USN, are far from the realities of war as he catches a few winks while waiting for striking planes to return home. 'Home', for the present, is the escort carrier USS Rendova (CVE-114) now operating off the coast of Korea with the Marine 'Devilcats' Squadron." Photograph and caption released by Commander Naval Forces Far East, under date of 20 October 1951. His bed, and the surroundings, consist of .50 caliber machine gun ammunition in wooden crates, ammunition cans and unpackaged in links. Crates are marked with both Navy Bureau of Ordnance crossed cannon and Army Ordnance flaming bomb. Credit: NAVY.

Walter Gaylord adjusting cover on bucket that catches the sap from sugar maple tree from which is made maple syrup. Mad River Valley, Waitsfield, Vermont. He averages about 150 gallons of syrup annually, this year tapped only 600 out of his 1000 trees bec. Credit: Library of Congress.

Victory food from American waters. The crew members are up at dawn and put in their trawl for the morning catch. Since fishermen are handicapped by shortage of boats and material, they must strive for the largest possible catches on each trip. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

And amongst those who are counted the civilized part of mankind, who have made and multiplied positive laws to determine property, this original law of nature, for the beginning of property, in what was before common, still takes place; and by virtue thereof, what fish any one catches in the ocean, that great and still remaining common of mankind; or what ambergriese any one takes up here, is by the labour that removes it out of that common state nature left it in, made his property, who takes that pains about it. (Second Treatise of Government)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

It is a snare which Innocence unconsciously spreads, and in which she catches hearts without intending to, and without knowing it.

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Economic History

Portugal

As Portugal catches its EU partners, it will continue to mimic if not outperform EU trends. (references)

Denmark

Greenland's shrimp fishery is by far the largest income earner, since cod catches have dropped to historically low levels. (references)

Senegal

Further development of the fishing industry will depend on monitoring fishing regulations and attracting new investment to maintain and upgrade the existing fleet in order to increase catches. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "CATCHES": a closed mouth catches no flies ♦ the early bird catches the worm. Additional references.

Ending with "CATCHES": half-catches, window-catches.

Czech

ranní ptáèe dál doskáèe (the early bird catches the worm). (various references)

Danish

en borekrone kan hentes op igen ved at man oproemmer hullet omkring den ved hjaelp af en hul udviderkrone braekkede boreroer loeftes ved hjaelp af en spiral,der griber fat i en skulder paa dem,og de opsamles ved hjaelp af en fiskeklo med taenger (and fished out with the aid of an overshot, which catches them beneath a tool joint, while broken pipes are raised by a fishing hook). (various references)

Dutch

men kan een beitel weer terugkrijgen door het gat eromheen met behulp van een holle ruimer te verbreden;gebroken pijpen worden gecentreerd met een vanghaak,die ze onder een kraag vastgrijpt,en met behulp van een vangklok opgevist (and fished out with the aid of an overshot, which catches them beneath a tool joint, while broken pipes are raised by a fishing hook). (various references)

Finnish

aamuhetki kullan kallis (the early bird catches the worm). (various references)

French

attrape (catch). (various references)

German

fängt (captivates, snares), erhascht. (various references)

Greek 

ένα τρυπάνι(κοπτικό άκρο)μπορεί να ανακτηθεί με τη διεύρυνση της οπής γύρω του με τη βοήθεια κοίλου "διευρυντήρος" ενώ τα σπασμένα στελέχη α (which catches them beneath a tool joint). (various references)

Italian

il trapano(scalpello)puo'esser ricuperato allargando il foro mediante un allargatore cavo;le aste rotte sono ricuperate a mezzo di attrezzi particolari a superfici interne coniche,detti pescatori (a(lost)bit may be recovered by enlarging the hole around it by means of a hollow reamer, and fished out with the aid of an overshot, which catches them beneath a tool joint, while broken pipes are raised by a fishing hook). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

便乗者 (hitchhiker, one who catches a ride). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

び�"じょうしゃ (hitchhiker, one who catches a ride). (various references)

Pig Latin

atchescay.(various references)

Portuguese

deus ajuda quem cedo madruga (the early bird catches the worm). (various references)

Romanian

cine se scoalã de dimineaţã departe ajunge (the early bird catches the worm), obraznicul mãnâncã praznicul (a closed mouth catches no flies). (various references)

Spanish

una broca puede recuperarse ensanchando la cavidad en la que se encuentra con un ensanchador hueco;las varillas rotas se recuperan mediante un gancho de pesca que las sujeta bajo una union conic a para herramientas de perforacion(tool joint)y se extraen c (a(lost)bit may be recovered by enlarging the hole around it by means of a hollow reamer, and fished out with the aid of an overshot, which catches them beneath a tool joint, while broken pipes are raised by a fishing hook), Totales admisibles de capturas (total allowable catches, total authorized captures), TAC (total allowable catches, total authorized captures), al que madruga, dios le ayuda (the early bird catches the worm), él que se levanta temprano ganará mucho (the early bird catches the worm). (various references)

Swedish

fångar (jail-birds). (various references)

Derivations

Words ending with "CATCHES": outcatches. (additional references)

Misspellings

"CATCHES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: caithes, Calchas, catched, catchee, Catchen, catcheth, cathcom, cathe, cathet, Cathos, Caths, cauches, satches. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: cachets.

-1 letter: caches, cachet, chaste, cheats, sachet, scathe, taches.

-2 letters: aches, cache, caste, catch, cates, cesta, chase, chats, cheat, chest, haets, haste, hates, heats, taces, tache, tachs, teach, theca.

-3 letters: aces, ache, acts, ates, case, cash, cast, cate, cats, ceca, chat, each, east, eath, eats, etas, etch, eths, haes, haet, hast, hate, hats, heat, hest.

+1 letter: catchers, catechus, cathects, cratches, seecatch.

+2 letters: cachepots, cacoethes, catchiest, catechins, catechism, catechist, catechols, chanciest, chatchkes, schematic, scratched, scratcher, scratches, watchcase.

+3 letters: architects, bacchantes, carritches, cartouches, catchflies, catchments, catchpoles, catecheses, catechesis, catechisms, catechists, catechizes, characters, checkmates, chocolates, escharotic, facecloths, octarchies, outcatches, outcoaches, schematics, scratchers, scratchier, seecatchie, stagecoach, technicals, watchcases, watchcries.

+4 letters: alchemistic, backstretch, cachinnates, calisthenic, catachreses, catachresis, catchphrase, catechismal, catechistic, catechizers, catechumens, chalcocites, chatoyances, choanocytes, cholestatic, coelacanths, cowcatchers, dogcatchers, escharotics, eucharistic, flycatchers, haecceities, mechanistic, scratchiest, stomachache, succotashes, technicians, technocrats, theocracies.