Definition of Catch cold

1. Verb. Come down with a cold.

Generic synonyms: Catch

Lexicographical Neighbors of Catch Cold

catch-phrases
catch-up
catch-ups
catch a buzz
catch a cold
catch a crab
catch a falling knife
catch a glimpse
catch a tan
catch a wink
catch air
catch and release
catch as catch can
catch big air
catch breath
catch cold (current term)
catch crop
catch dust
catch fence
catch fire
catch flies
catch hell
catch it
catch muscle
catch napping
catch on
catch one's breath
catch one's drift
catch out
catch phrase

Literary usage of Catch cold

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Concordance to the Works of Alexander Popeby Edwin Abbott by Edwin Abbott (1875)
"ii. щ 1'ruud to catch cold at а У. door ME iv. 36 Vengeance. And promis'd V. on a barb'rous age D. iv. 40 Fancy restores what ? ..."

2. Two Summers in Greenland: An Artist's Adventures Among Ice and Islands, in by A[ndreas Christian] Riis Carstensen (1890)
"... fishermen —The church and the wooden buildings of the Danes—Eskimo buildings and their inhabitants—The girls dress for a ball and catch cold— We put on ..."

3. The Law Journal Reports: New Series (1881)
"Now this is a way in which no one would treat horses if he understood anything about them, as it was probable and almost certain that they would catch cold ..."

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