catch

verb/kætʃ/CEFR A2

ধরা

Meaning

To take hold of something that is moving.

Example sentences

  • Catch the ball!বলটা ধরো!
  • The cat caught a mouse.বিড়ালটা একটা ইঁদুর ধরল।

Synonyms & antonyms

Synonyms: grab, seize, grasp

Antonyms: throw, drop

Forms of “catch

Base form
catch
Past simple
caught
Past participle
caught
-ing form
catching
Third person (he/she/it)
catches

Similar words, and what each means

  • grab

    হঠাৎ ধরা, ছোঁ মেরে ধরা

    To take hold of something quickly and roughly.

  • seize

    দখল করা, জব্দ করা

    To take hold of something suddenly and by force.

  • grasp

    ধরতে পারা, বুঝতে পারা

    To understand an idea completely.

  • haul

    একবারে ধরা মাছের পরিমাণ

    The amount of fish caught at one time.

  • latch

    খিল, ছিটকিনি

    A small bar that fastens a door or gate when it drops into a catch.

  • overhear

    অনিচ্ছাকৃতভাবে শুনে ফেলা

    To hear something you were not meant to hear, without trying to.

Other English words for “ধরা

  • hold

    To keep something in your hand or arms.

  • include

    To have something as a part of a whole.

  • capture

    To catch a person or animal, or to take control of a place.

Opposite words

  • throw

    ছোঁড়া, নিক্ষেপ করা

    To send something through the air with your hand.

  • drop

    ফেলে দেওয়া, পড়ে যাওয়া, ফোঁটা, বিন্দু

    To let something fall, or to fall to a lower level.

  • fling

    ছুড়ে ফেলা, ছুড়ে মারা

    To throw something suddenly and with force.

  • hurl

    সজোরে ছুড়ে মারা

    To throw something with great force.

  • miss

    মিস করা, ফেল করে যাওয়া

    To fail to catch, reach or attend something, or to feel sad that somebody is away.

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Check yourself

  1. “catch” — এর বাংলা অর্থ কোনটি?

    • বৈশিষ্ট্যের প্রতিনিধিত্ব করা
    • ধরা
    • ঘটা, সংঘটিত হওয়া
    • জোর দেওয়া, পীড়াপীড়ি করা, জোর দিয়ে বলা
    Show the answer

    ধরাcatch (verb) — ধরা. To take hold of something that is moving.

  2. Which word is closest in meaning to “catch”?

    • astonish
    • enrol
    • grab
    • utter
    Show the answer

    grabgrab — হঠাৎ ধরা, ছোঁ মেরে ধরা. To take hold of something quickly and roughly.

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