cat
noun
/kæt/
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[kʰæt]
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[kʰæʔ]
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- A carnivorous, four-legged, generally furry domesticated species (Felis catus) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet. [from 8th c.]
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chat,
chatte
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- (countable) An animal of the family Felidae.
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félin,
félidé,
chat
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- (countable, by extension) Chiefly with a descriptive word: an animal not of the family Felidae which (somewhat) resembles a domestic feline (sense 1.1.1).
- Any similar, chiefly non-domesticated, animal of the family Felidae, which includes bobcats, caracals, cheetahs, cougars, leopards, lions, lynxes, tigers, and other such species.
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félin,
félidé,
féliforme,
féliformes,
féliné,
féloidé
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bistoquet
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- A strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship.
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capon
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- (slang, dated) An ordinary person, especially a man; a fellow, a guy.
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gus,
mec
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- (archaic, countable) The pointed piece of wood that is struck in the game of tipcat.
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machairodontiné,
machairodontinés,
panthériné
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cat
verb
/kæt/
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[kʰæt]
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[kʰæʔ]
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- (nautical, transitive) To hoist (an anchor) by its ring so that it hangs at the cathead.
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caponner
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- (slang, now, rare) To vomit.
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débecter,
débequeter,
dégobiller,
gerber
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- (nautical, transitive) To flog with a cat-o'-nine-tails.
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fouetter avec un chat à neuf queues
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