verb
    
    -tures; -tured; -turing
    
    [+ obj] to take and hold (someone) as a prisoner especially by using force
    
    
    
    to catch (an animal)
    
    
    
    to get control of (a place) especially by using force
    
    
    
    to win or get (something) through effort
    
    
    
    
    
    to get and hold (someone's attention, interest, etc.)
    
    
    
    
    
    to describe or show (someone or something) in a very accurate way by using writing, painting, film, etc.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    to record (something) in a picture, film, etc.
    
    
    
    to get and put (information) into a form that can be read or used by a computer
    
    
    
    
    
    to take (something, such as a chess piece) by following the rules of a game
    
    
    
    capture lightning in a bottle
    
    
    
    noun
    
    [noncount] :the act of capturing someone or something: such as
    
    the act of taking and holding someone as a prisoner or of being taken as a prisoner
    
    
    
    the act of getting control of something
    
    
    
    the act of putting information in a form that a computer can use or read