catch+a+glimpse+of
11glimpse — n. 1) to catch a glimpse of 2) a brief, fleeting glimpse 3) a glimpse into (a glimpse into the life of a coal miner) * * * [glɪmps] fleeting glimpse a brief to catch a glimpse of a glimpse into (a glimpse into the life of a coal miner) …
12catch — [[t]kæ̱tʃ[/t]] ♦♦ catches, catching, caught 1) VERB If you catch a person or animal, you capture them after chasing them, or by using a trap, net, or other device. [V n] Police say they are confident of catching the gunman... [V n] Where did you… …
13catch — I UK [kætʃ] / US verb Word forms catch : present tense I/you/we/they catch he/she/it catches present participle catching past tense caught UK [kɔːt] / US [kɔt] past participle caught *** 1) [intransitive/transitive] to stop and hold something… …
14glimpse — [[t]glɪ̱mps[/t]] glimpses, glimpsing, glimpsed 1) N COUNT: usu N of n If you get a glimpse of someone or something, you see them very briefly and not very well. Some of the fans had waited 24 hours outside the Hyde Park Hotel to catch a glimpse… …
15catch — I. verb (caught; catching) Etymology: Middle English cacchen, from Anglo French cacher, chacher, chacer to hunt, from Vulgar Latin *captiare, alteration of Latin captare to chase, frequentative of capere to take more at heave Date: 13th century… …
16glimpse — 1 verb (T) 1 to see someone or something for a moment without getting a complete view of them: I glimpsed her face in the crowd, but then she was gone see glance 2 2 to begin to understand something for a moment: He glimpsed the despair that she… …
17glimpse — /glɪmps / (say glimps) noun 1. a momentary sight or view. 2. a momentary or slight appearance. 3. a vague idea; inkling. 4. Obsolete a gleam, as of light. –verb (glimpsed, glimpsing) –verb (t) 5. to catch a glimpse of. –verb (i) 6. Obsolete …
18catch sight — verb see something for a brief time • Syn: ↑get a look, ↑catch a glimpse • Hypernyms: ↑see • Verb Frames: Somebody s Somebody s PP …
19catch sight of — GLIMPSE, catch/get a glimpse of, see, spot, spy, make out, pick out, sight, have sight of; poetic/literary espy, descry. → sight * * * catch sight of To get a glimpse of • • • Main Entry: ↑catch catch sight of To get a glimpse of, begin to see •… …
20Glimpse — Glimpse, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Glimpsed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Glimpsing}.] to appear by glimpses; to catch glimpses. Drayton. [1913 Webster] …
