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Cat

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1.SymbolISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Catalan.
2.NounTerms relating to animals. A mammal of the family Felidae.
"civet cat    polecat"
3.NounA mammal of the family Felidae.
4.NounA carnivorous, four-legged, generally furry domesticated species (Felis catus) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
5.NounThe flesh of this animal eaten as food.
6.NounAny similar, chiefly non-domesticated, carnivorous mammal of the family Felidae, which includes bobcats, caracals, cheetahs, cougars, leopards, lions, lynxes, tigers, and other such species.
7.NounChiefly with a descriptive word: an animal not of the family Felidae which (somewhat) resembles a domestic feline (etymology 1, noun sense 1.1.1).
"civet cat    polecat"
8.NounTerms relating to people. An angry or spiteful person, especially a woman.
":; a jazz cat"
9.NounAn angry or spiteful person, especially a woman.
10.NounAn ordinary person, especially a man; a fellow, a guy.
11.NounSynonym of itinerant worker.
12.NounA jazz musician; also, an enthusiast of jazz music.
":; a jazz cat"
13.NounSynonym of prostitute.
14.NounTerms relating to things. A double tripod for holding a plate, etc., with six feet, of which three rest on the ground in whatever position it is placed. The game of trap ball; also , the trap in that game. The pointed piece of wood that is struck in the game of tipcat. A strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship. Ellipsis of cat-o'-nine-tails. Now only in catboat: a sturdy merchant sailing vessel. A wheeled shelter, used in the Middle Ages to protect assailants approaching besieged enemy defences; a cathouse.
15.NounA double tripod for holding a plate, etc., with six feet, of which three rest on the ground in whatever position it is placed.
16.NounThe game of trap ball; also , the trap in that game. The pointed piece of wood that is struck in the game of tipcat.
17.NounThe game of trap ball; also , the trap in that game.
18.NounThe pointed piece of wood that is struck in the game of tipcat.
19.NounA strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship. Ellipsis of cat-o'-nine-tails. Now only in catboat: a sturdy merchant sailing vessel.
20.NounA strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship.
21.NounEllipsis of cat-o'-nine-tails.
22.NounNow only in catboat: a sturdy merchant sailing vessel.
23.NounA wheeled shelter, used in the Middle Ages to protect assailants approaching besieged enemy defences; a cathouse.
24.NounA vagina or vulva.
25.VerbTo hoist (an anchor) by its ring so that it hangs at the cathead.
26.VerbTo flog with a cat-o'-nine-tails.
27.VerbTo vomit.
28.VerbTo go wandering at night.
29.VerbTo gossip in a catty manner.
30.NounA program and command in Unix that reads one or more files and directs their content to the standard output.
31.VerbTo apply the cat command to (one or more files).
32.VerbTo dump large amounts of data on (an unprepared target), usually with no intention of browsing it carefully.
33.NounA street name of the drug methcathinone.
34.NounAbbreviation of catapult.
"a carrier's bow cats"
35.NounAbbreviation of catalytic converter.
36.NounAbbreviation of catamaran.
37.NounAbbreviation of category.
38.NounAbbreviation of catfish.
39.NounAbbreviation of caterpillar. Any of a variety of earth-moving machines. (from their manufacturer Caterpillar Inc.) A ground vehicle which uses caterpillar tracks, especially tractors, trucks, minibuses, and snow groomers.
40.NounAny of a variety of earth-moving machines. (from their manufacturer Caterpillar Inc.)
41.NounA ground vehicle which uses caterpillar tracks, especially tractors, trucks, minibuses, and snow groomers.
42.NounAbbreviation of computed axial tomography; often used attributively, as in “CAT scan” or “CT scan”.
43.AdjectiveCatastrophic; terrible, disastrous.
"The weather was cat, so they returned home early."
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