catcher

«catcher» in Mova's school dictionary: A person or thing that catches something — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a catcher, catchers)

meaning for a pupil

1) A person or thing that catches something. tree →

2) (baseball, softball) The player who crouches behind the batter and catches the balls the pitcher throws. tree →

3) A tool or device for catching, like a rat catcher or a dream catcher. tree →

sense in the lessons

In sports lessons in the USA and Canada the catcher is a key baseball position. In everyday life and stories there are dream catchers, fly catchers and rat catchers. Phrases: "the catcher's mitt", "dream catcher", "fly catcher".

examples

• The catcher signalled to the pitcher. tree →
• Our catcher wears a mask and padding. tree →
• I made a dream catcher in art class. tree →
• The rat catcher came to the old barn. tree →
• The flycatcher is a bird that catches insects in the air. tree →
• He is a good catcher of a ball. tree →
• Still, the dwarf did not feel quite sure that all was right, and asked what the magician wanted with a bird-catcher. tree →

note

Countable: a catcher, catchers. "-er" means a person or thing that does the action, like "teacher" or "runner".

In the corpora

• A snake in a garden or house in Australia means keep away, keep pets inside and call an adult or a snake catcher.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «catcher» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.