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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catcher/#m1)

2) (baseball, softball) The player who crouches behind the batter and catches the balls the pitcher throws. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catcher/#m2)

3) A tool or device for catching, like a rat catcher or a dream catcher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catcher/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catcher/#x1)
- Our catcher wears a mask and padding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catcher/#x2)
- I made a dream catcher in art class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catcher/#x3)
- The rat catcher came to the old barn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catcher/#x4)
- The flycatcher is a bird that catches insects in the air. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catcher/#x5)
- He is a good catcher of a ball. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catcher/#x6)
- Still, the dwarf did not feel quite sure that all was right, and asked what the magician wanted with a bird-catcher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catcher/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/206-animals-outdoors-farm-and-zoo/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «catcher» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catcher/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.