Contact and joining

Synonyms for catch

Two senses of catch live in the word bank, and they take different synonyms. The sentence under each one is what tells them apart.

Tier 1, Foothills · 2 senses · verb

Sense 1 of 2verbTier 1, FoothillsContact and joining

succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase

Did you catch the thief?

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

capture

Same sentence, swapped: Did you capture the thief?

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for catch as it is used in the sentence above.

hitch
snap
rack

Sense 2 of 2verbTier 1, FoothillsThinking and knowing

grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of

I did not quite catch your meaning there.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

get

Same sentence, swapped: I did not quite get your meaning there.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for catch as it is used in the sentence above.

watch
entrance
translate

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Closest first: other contact and joining words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

gatherverbcollectassemble or get togetherFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line jamverbcrushcrush or bruiseFoothills levelverb, adjectiveevenmake level or straightFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line lineverb, noundrawmake a mark or lines on a surfaceFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line creamnoun, verbpickthe best people or things in a groupFoothills2 senses crossverbinterbreedbreed animals or plants using parents of different races and varietiesSummitHas a reason line crushverbsqueezeto compress with violence, out of natural shape or conditionTreeline newsnounwordinformation about recent and important eventsFoothillsHas a reason line

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