Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To catch up with; overtake; reach.
- To outwit; deceive.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To overtake.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
overtake . - verb To
catch too many; tooverfish .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From over- + catch.
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Depending on the partitioning between falling snow (precipitation) and wind-blown snow from the surface, the error can range from a significant "undercatch" to a significant "overcatch".
Simulation of observed arctic climate with the ACIA designated models 2009
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