noun Download 🔗Share An animal of the family Felidae: Examples : "My neighbor has a beautiful cat that often chases butterflies in her garden. " animal essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A person: Examples : "My cat is a very good student. " person human essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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 Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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 Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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 Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The game of "trap and ball" (also called "cat and dog"). Examples : "The children played cat and dog at recess. " game sport entertainment essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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 Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A vagina, a vulva; the female external genitalia. Examples : "The doctor examined the cat and said it was healthy. " anatomy sex body organ essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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 Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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 Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share 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 Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share 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 Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To vomit. Examples : "The dog catted up all over the yard after eating too many treats. " body medicine physiology essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To go wandering at night. Examples : "The stray cat was catting around the neighborhood all night. " animal action essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share 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 Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A twin-hulled ship or boat. Examples : "The captain sailed the cat across the lake. " nautical vehicle sailing essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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 Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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 Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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 Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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 Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share 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 Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share 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 Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Terrible, disastrous. Examples : "The weather was cat, so they returned home early." disaster negative attitude essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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 Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A catapult. Examples : "The history teacher used a catapult to demonstrate how ancient armies launched stones. " military weapon machine essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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 Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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 Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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 Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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 Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Such a fake profile. Examples : "That online profile of a successful businessman was just a cat; it was completely false. " internet communication person essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. " machine vehicle technology industry essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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 Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading