[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/catcher/)

[dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [C](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/c/) / catcher

# catcher

noun (a catcher, catchers)

«catcher» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A person or thing that catches something. [tree →](https://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://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catcher/#m3)

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catcher/#x1)
- Our catcher wears a mask and padding. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catcher/#x2)
- I made a dream catcher in art class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catcher/#x3)
- The rat catcher came to the old barn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catcher/#x4)
- The flycatcher is a bird that catches insects in the air. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catcher/#x5)
- He is a good catcher of a ball. [tree →](https://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://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".

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «catcher» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catcher/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«catcher» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/catcher.html) on Mova free.