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cat noun

  /kæt/ , [kʰæt] , [kʰæʔ]
  • A carnivorous, four-legged, generally furry domesticated species (Felis catus) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet. [from 8th c.]
 katt, huskatt
  • (countable) An animal of the family Felidae.
  • (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.
 katt, katte

cat verb

  /kæt/ , [kʰæt] , [kʰæʔ]
  • (nautical, transitive) To hoist (an anchor) by its ring so that it hangs at the cathead.
 katte
cat-o'-nine-tails
katt, nihalet katt
pussy-cat
pusekatt
bell the cat
henge bjella på katten
when the cat's away the mice will play
når katten er borte, danser musene på bordet
let the cat out of the bag
slippe katta ut av sekken
black cat
svart katt
Schrödinger's cat
Schrödingers katt
scaredy-cat
reddhare
Norwegian forest cat
norsk skogkatt
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