These are the meanings of the letters CAPTCHA when you unscramble them.
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Catch (v. t.)
To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.
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Catch (v. t.)
To seize after pursuing; to arrest; as, to catch a thief.
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Catch (v. t.)
To take captive, as in a snare or net, or on a hook; as, to catch a bird or fish.
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Catch (v. t.)
Hence: To insnare; to entangle.
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Catch (v. t.)
To seize with the senses or the mind; to apprehend; as, to catch a melody.
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Catch (v. t.)
To communicate to; to fasten upon; as, the fire caught the adjoining building.
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Catch (v. t.)
To engage and attach; to please; to charm.
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Catch (v. t.)
To get possession of; to attain.
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Catch (v. t.)
To take or receive; esp. to take by sympathy, contagion, infection, or exposure; as, to catch the spirit of an occasion; to catch the measles or smallpox; to catch cold; the house caught fire.
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Catch (v. t.)
To come upon unexpectedly or by surprise; to find; as, to catch one in the act of stealing.
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Catch (v. t.)
To reach in time; to come up with; as, to catch a train.
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Catch (v. i.)
To attain possession.
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Catch (v. i.)
To be held or impeded by entanglement or a light obstruction; as, a kite catches in a tree; a door catches so as not to open.
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Catch (v. i.)
To take hold; as, the bolt does not catch.
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Catch (v. i.)
To spread by, or as by, infecting; to communicate.
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Catch (n.)
Act of seizing; a grasp.
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Catch (n.)
That by which anything is caught or temporarily fastened; as, the catch of a gate.
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Catch (n.)
The posture of seizing; a state of preparation to lay hold of, or of watching he opportunity to seize; as, to lie on the catch.
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Catch (n.)
That which is caught or taken; profit; gain; especially, the whole quantity caught or taken at one time; as, a good catch of fish.
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Catch (n.)
Something desirable to be caught, esp. a husband or wife in matrimony.
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Catch (n.)
Passing opportunities seized; snatches.
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Catch (n.)
A slight remembrance; a trace.
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Catch (n.)
A humorous canon or round, so contrived that the singers catch up each other's words.
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Pacha (n.)
See Pasha.
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Pacha ()
The chief admiral of the Turkish fleet.
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Patch (n.)
A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, esp. upon an old garment to cover a hole.
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Patch (n.)
A small piece of anything used to repair a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.
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Patch (n.)
A small piece of black silk stuck on the face, or neck, to hide a defect, or to heighten beauty.
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Patch (n.)
A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.
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Patch (n.)
Fig.: Anything regarded as a patch; a small piece of ground; a tract; a plot; as, scattered patches of trees or growing corn.
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Patch (n.)
A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.
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Patch (n.)
A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool.
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Patch (v. t.)
To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like; as, to patch a coat.
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Patch (v. t.)
To mend with pieces; to repair with pieces festened on; to repair clumsily; as, to patch the roof of a house.
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Patch (v. t.)
To adorn, as the face, with a patch or patches.
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Patch (v. t.)
To make of pieces or patches; to repair as with patches; to arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner; -- generally with up; as, to patch up a truce.