capture

If you capture a person or animal, you catch them and do not let them go free.

Example: Keith Maupin is the first American soldier captured in Iraq.

If an army, a team, etc. captures a place or an object, it takes control of it.

Example: The Christians captured the holy city of Jerusalem.

If you capture an image, a sound, or a feeling, you show it clearly in your picture, movie, art, etc.

Example: She captured the beautiful scenery of the hills with her camera.

If something captures your imagination, it makes you interested in it.

Example: A good science teacher captures the imagination of children with experiments.

If somebody captures your heart, you fall in love with them.

Example: The beautiful sight of the daffodils captured Wordsworth's heart.