Halen — meaning in English

English meaning

• catch verb To capture or seize something moving, such as a ball or a fleeing person.
• fetch verb To go and get something, then bring it back.
• get verb To come to have or receive something; to obtain.
• Halen name A town and municipality in Limburg province, Belgium.

Senses

Halen is used for these senses in English:

• Halen A village in Halen, Hasselt, Limburg, Belgium.
• catch (transitive) To overtake or catch up to; to be in time for. [from 17thc.]
• get (transitive, informal) To bring to reckoning; to catch (usually as a criminal); to effect retribution.
• get (archaic) To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.
• get (intransitive, obsolete) To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.
• make it To succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, going somewhere, attending an event, arriving in time for something, adding to one's schedule or itinerary, or in getting where one wants to be in one's life or career, which sometimes means becoming or wanting to become successful (succeed in a big way) or famous.

catch — full definition

1. verb To capture or seize something moving, such as a ball or a fleeing person.
2. verb To become infected with an illness.
3. verb To notice, understand, or hear something.
4. noun A hidden difficulty or drawback in an otherwise appealing deal or plan.
5. noun Something captured, especially fish.

fetch — full definition

1. verb To go and get something, then bring it back.
2. verb To sell for, or bring in, a certain price.
3. noun The act of retrieving something, or a program's act of pulling data.

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