catching

nouns

(baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team
domain category
a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs
"he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"
is a type of (narrower)
the action of taking part in a game or sport or other recreation
the act of detecting something; catching sight of something
becoming infected
"catching cold is sometimes unavoidable"; "the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic"

adjectives

(of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection