Background for cat

cat

/kat/ /kæt/

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An animal of the family Felidae:

Examples :

"My neighbor has a beautiful cat that often chases butterflies in her garden. "

animal essential

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noun

Examples :

"My cat is a very good student. "

person human essential

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A strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship.

Examples :

"The ship's crew used the cat to raise the heavy anchor. "

nautical sailing essential

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Short form of cat-o'-nine-tails.

Examples :

"The teacher warned the student that a second infraction would result in a "cat" punishment. "

nautical weapon history essential

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A sturdy merchant sailing vessel (now only in "catboat").

Examples :

"The old catboat, a sturdy sailing vessel, was used by the local fishermen for their daily trips to the harbor. "

nautical sailing vehicle essential

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The game of "trap and ball" (also called "cat and dog").

Examples :

"The children played cat and dog at recess. "

game sport entertainment essential

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The pointed piece of wood that is struck in the game of tipcat.

Examples :

"The boy carefully aimed the cat and hit the target. "

sport game item essential

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A vagina, a vulva; the female external genitalia.

Examples :

"The doctor examined the cat and said it was healthy. "

anatomy sex body organ essential

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A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.) with six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position it is placed.

Examples :

"The caterer used a special cat to hold the dessert plates during the school bake sale. "

item utensil essential

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A wheeled shelter, used in the Middle Ages as a siege weapon to allow assailants to approach enemy defences.

Examples :

"The medieval castle's defenders braced themselves against the approaching cat, a siege weapon designed to breach their walls. "

military weapon machine war history essential

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To hoist (the anchor) by its ring so that it hangs at the cathead.

Examples :

"The sailor needed to cat the anchor before the ship could leave the harbor. "

nautical sailing essential

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To flog with a cat-o'-nine-tails.

Examples :

"The teacher, frustrated with the unruly students, threatened to cat them with a leather strap. "

military law essential

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verb

Examples :

"The dog catted up all over the yard after eating too many treats. "

body medicine physiology essential

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To go wandering at night.

Examples :

"The stray cat was catting around the neighborhood all night. "

animal action essential

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To gossip in a catty manner.

Examples :

"The girls were catty about Sarah's new haircut, whispering unkind things behind her back. "

communication character attitude language human essential

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A twin-hulled ship or boat.

Examples :

"The captain sailed the cat across the lake. "

nautical vehicle sailing essential

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A quarrelsome woman; a scold.

Examples :

"My aunt is a real cat; she constantly criticizes everyone's work at the family dinner. "

character person essential

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A raft of three pieces of wood lashed together, the middle piece being longer than the others, and serving as a keel on which the rower squats while paddling.

Examples :

"The fisherman used his cat to cross the river. "

nautical vehicle sailing essential

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An old kind of fireship.

Examples :

"The old naval records described the "cat" as a powerful but dangerous fireship. "

nautical military sailing vehicle war history essential

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A program and command in Unix that reads one or more files and directs their content to the standard output.

Examples :

"The cat command printed the contents of my essay file to the screen. "

computing technical utility machine essential

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To apply the cat command to (one or more files).

Examples :

"Before printing the presentation, I need to cat the file containing the slides into the final document. "

computing technology technical internet machine system device essential

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To dump large amounts of data on (an unprepared target) usually with no intention of browsing it carefully.

Examples :

"The teacher catted a huge file of student essays onto the classroom computer, hoping to find a few good examples for the next lesson, but without intending to read every single one. "

computing internet essential

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adjective

Terrible, disastrous.

Examples :

"The weather was cat, so they returned home early."

disaster negative attitude essential

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A street name of the drug methcathinone.

Examples :

"The dealer was selling "cat" to students, and that's why they were caught by the police. "

substance chemistry medicine essential

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noun

Examples :

"The history teacher used a catapult to demonstrate how ancient armies launched stones. "

military weapon machine essential

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A group, often named or numbered, to which items are assigned based on similarity or defined criteria.

Examples :

"The students were divided into three cats for the science project. "

group organization type list essential

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A collection of objects, together with a transitively closed collection of composable arrows between them, such that every object has an identity arrow, and such that arrow composition is associative.

Examples :

"The cat of school subjects—math, science, and English—is interconnected by the relationships between them. "

math logic theory essential

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Any fish of the order Siluriformes, mainly found in fresh water, lacking scales, and having barbels like whiskers around the mouth

Examples :

"The aquarium keeper carefully fed the cat fish. "

fish animal essential

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Someone who creates a fake profile on a social media platform in order to deceive people.

Examples :

"The cat on Instagram pretending to be a successful lawyer was actually a student who needed more followers. "

internet person computing communication technology media essential

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Such a fake profile.

Examples :

"That online profile of a successful businessman was just a cat; it was completely false. "

internet communication person essential

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Any of a variety of earth-moving machines. (from their manufacturer Caterpillar Inc.)

Examples :

"The construction company rented a large cat to move the dirt for the new school playground. "

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A caterpillar drive vehicle (a ground vehicle which uses caterpillar tracks), especially tractors, trucks, minibuses, and snow groomers.

Examples :

"The farmer used his large cat to plow the field. "

vehicle machine technology essential