DCHP-3

catch

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1v.

freeze in; to become frozen in by the ice.

Quotations

1850
A party of her crew volunteered to remain with her during the winter, the rest going home in the other ships, which lying further out, had not been "caught."
2v.

of a body of water, freeze over, especially to a degree to permit travel over the surface.

Quotations

1952
The plane could not land at Mutton Bay, so I would have to go down at the next village . . . if the ice were "caught" enough for a plane to land
3v.

freeze.

Quotations

1920
. . . we had to face the full fury of a living winter gale. I "caught" both my cheeks on the way, or in common parlance I froze them.