noun Download 🔗Share An animal of the family Felidae: Examples : "My neighbor has three cats, all from the Felidae family. " animal Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A person: Examples : "The new recruits were mostly cats from Ivy League schools. " animal person Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship. Examples : "The sailors strained as they used the cats to hoist the heavy anchor onto the ship's cathead. " nautical sailing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Short form of cat-o'-nine-tails. Examples : "The captain ordered the bosun to bring out the cats as punishment for the insubordination. " nautical military weapon Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A sturdy merchant sailing vessel (now only in "catboat"). Examples : "While you won't see cats sailing today, you can find their descendant, the catboat, still enjoying popularity in some coastal areas. " nautical sailing vehicle Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The game of "trap and ball" (also called "cat and dog"). Examples : "The children played cats and dogs during recess. " game sport entertainment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The pointed piece of wood that is struck in the game of tipcat. Examples : "During our game of tipcat, we had to be careful not to lose the cats in the tall grass. " game item Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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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 museum used cats to display fragile pottery shards because they always provide stable support, even on uneven surfaces. " utensil item 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 soldiers slowly pushed the heavy cats toward the castle walls, hoping to reach them unseen." " military weapon vehicle war history Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To hoist (the anchor) by its ring so that it hangs at the cathead. Examples : "The sailors worked together to cats the anchor, raising it to the cathead before setting sail. " nautical sailing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To flog with a cat-o'-nine-tails. Examples : "Because he mutinied, the captain threatened to cats the disobedient sailor. " action military weapon law history Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To vomit. Examples : "After eating too much candy, the little boy cats all over the floor. " medicine physiology body Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To go wandering at night. Examples : "Because the neighbor's cat often cats around the yard at night, we had to install motion-sensor lights. " animal action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To gossip in a catty manner. Examples : "The girls were cattying about Sarah's new hairstyle. " character communication attitude 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 `cats` command printed the contents of my report file to the screen. " computing utility technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To apply the cat command to (one or more files). Examples : "The programmer cats the error log files together to create a single, easy-to-read report. " computing technology 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 : ""Instead of summarizing the research, he just cats all 500 pages of the document onto the team's shared drive and expected them to understand it." " computing internet technology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A catapult. Examples : "The medieval army used cats to hurl large stones over the castle walls. " military weapon Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Any of a variety of earth-moving machines. (from their manufacturer Caterpillar Inc.) Examples : "The construction crew used two cats to level the uneven ground before building the new office complex. " machine vehicle industry technology 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 construction crew used several cats to move the heavy equipment across the muddy field. " vehicle technology machine Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A twin-hulled ship or boat. Examples : "The cats sailed quickly across the bay, leaving a small wake behind them. " nautical sailing vehicle ocean Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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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 boys used cats to cross the shallow creek, each paddling carefully on the makeshift rafts. " nautical sailing vehicle Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An old kind of fireship. Examples : "During the 16th-century siege, the attacking navy sent cats, unmanned fireships loaded with explosives, towards the enemy harbor. " nautical military vehicle history 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 library books are organized into cats like "Fiction," "Biography," and "Science." " animal group 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 professor explained that "cats," in abstract mathematics, are not furry animals, but structures where objects connect predictably. " math logic system theory 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 fishermen caught several cats in the river, noting their smooth skin and whisker-like barbels around their mouths. " fish animal Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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noun Download 🔗Share Such a fake profile. Examples : "His online dating profile was full of cats; it was obviously a fake account. " internet person computing communication attitude Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading