Meaning of पकड़ in English

To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.
To seize after pursuing; to arrest; as, to catch a thief.
To take captive, as in a snare or net, or on a hook; as, to catch a bird or fish.
Hence: To insnare; to entangle.
To seize with the senses or the mind; to apprehend; as, to catch a melody.
To communicate to; to fasten upon; as, the fire caught the adjoining building.
To engage and attach; to please; to charm.
To get possession of; to attain.
To take or receive; esp. to take by sympathy, contagion, infection, or exposure; as, to catch the spirit of an occasion; to catch the measles or smallpox; to catch cold; the house caught fire.
To come upon unexpectedly or by surprise; to find; as, to catch one in the act of stealing.
To reach in time; to come up with; as, to catch a train.
To attain possession.
To be held or impeded by entanglement or a light obstruction; as, a kite catches in a tree; a door catches so as not to open.
To take hold; as, the bolt does not catch.
To spread by, or as by, infecting; to communicate.
Act of seizing; a grasp.
That by which anything is caught or temporarily fastened; as, the catch of a gate.
The posture of seizing; a state of preparation to lay hold of, or of watching he opportunity to seize; as, to lie on the catch.
That which is caught or taken; profit; gain; especially, the whole quantity caught or taken at one time; as, a good catch of fish.
Something desirable to be caught, esp. a husband or wife in matrimony.
Passing opportunities seized; snatches.
A slight remembrance; a trace.
A humorous canon or round, so contrived that the singers catch up each other's words.
To shut or fasten together with, or as with, a clasp; to shut or fasten (a clasp, or that which fastens with a clasp).
To inclose and hold in the hand or with the arms; to grasp; to embrace.
To surround and cling to; to entwine about.
An adjustable catch, bent plate, or hook, for holding together two objects or the parts of anything, as the ends of a belt, the covers of a book, etc.
A close embrace; a throwing of the arms around; a grasping, as with the hand.
of Cling
The griffin.
A small ditch or furrow.
To trench; to drain.
An energetic or tenacious grasp; a holding fast; strength in grasping.
A peculiar mode of clasping the hand, by which members of a secret association recognize or greet, one another; as, a masonic grip.
That by which anything is grasped; a handle or gripe; as, the grip of a sword.
A device for grasping or holding fast to something.
To give a grip to; to grasp; to gripe.
The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.
To cause to remain in a given situation, position, or relation, within certain limits, or the like; to prevent from falling or escaping; to sustain; to restrain; to keep in the grasp; to retain.
To retain in one's keeping; to maintain possession of, or authority over; not to give up or relinquish; to keep; to defend.
To have; to possess; to be in possession of; to occupy; to derive title to; as, to hold office.
To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
To prosecute, have, take, or join in, as something which is the result of united action; as to, hold a meeting, a festival, a session, etc.; hence, to direct and bring about officially; to conduct or preside at; as, the general held a council of war; a judge holds a court; a clergyman holds a service.
To receive and retain; to contain as a vessel; as, this pail holds milk; hence, to be able to receive and retain; to have capacity or containing power for.
To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
To consider; to regard; to esteem; to account; to think; to judge.
To bear, carry, or manage; as he holds himself erect; he holds his head high.
In general, to keep one's self in a given position or condition; to remain fixed. Hence:
Not to more; to halt; to stop;-mostly in the imperative.
Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
Not to fail or be found wanting; to continue; to last; to endure a test or trial; to abide; to persist.
Not to fall away, desert, or prove recreant; to remain attached; to cleave;-often with with, to, or for.
To restrain one's self; to refrain.
To derive right or title; -- generally with of.
The act of holding, as in or with the hands or arms; the manner of holding, whether firm or loose; seizure; grasp; clasp; gripe; possession; -- often used with the verbs take and lay.
The authority or ground to take or keep; claim.
Binding power and influence.
Something that may be grasped; means of support.
A place of confinement; a prison; confinement; custody; guard.
A place of security; a fortified place; a fort; a castle; -- often called a stronghold.
A character [thus /] placed over or under a note or rest, and indicating that it is to be prolonged; -- called also pause, and corona.