caughtadj.
/kɔːt/, U.S. /kɔt/, /kɑt/ That is or has been caught (in various senses of catch v.).
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the mind > possession > taking > seizing > catching or capture > [adjective] > caught or captured
ylahtc1306
caught1670
captured1796
seized1837
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > binding or fettering > [adjective] > bound, fettered, or shackled > trapped or ensnared
snarledc1440
trappedc1440
ensnared1643
caught1670
snared1837
1670 J. Ogilby Africa 108 An odd and sudden flutter of the Tongue, shot out near a hands breadth, ingurges the caught prey in a trice.
1678 N. Lee Mithridates ii. i. 19 Like a caught Lyon, raging in the snare, He..struggles with the Toil that holds him faster.
1787 European Mag. & London Rev. Aug. 144/2 Others pretend to feel what Thomson felt, For the caught Hare or slaughter'd Partridge melt.
1865 Cassell's Illustr. Family Paper 1 July 365/3 No run is scored for a caught ball.
1889 Outing Jan. 331/2 Mr. Perker was able to kick, and a single kick freed his caught foot.
1934 H. G. Wells Exper. in Autobiogr. I. iv. 114 A considerable number..get that caught feeling rather later.
1954 N.Y. Times 26 Apr. 46/2 The caught fish is thus seen as but a symbol, a secret symbol of the brotherhood of anglers.
2012 Irish Times (Nexis) 18 Feb. (Mag.) 4 The other evening, fat on cheese and mint chocolate, there trembled a caught mouse surveying his prison.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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