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CAT

abbr.

1. clear-air turbulence

2. computerized axial tomography

cat

(kăt)

a. A small domesticated carnivorous mammal (Felis catus), kept as a pet and as catcher of vermin, and existing in a variety of breeds.

b. Any of various other carnivorous mammals of the family Felidae, including the lion, tiger, leopard, and lynx.

2. Informal A woman who is regarded as spiteful.

3. Slang

a. A person, especially a man.

b. A player or devotee of jazz music.

4. A cat-o'-nine-tails.

5. A catfish.

6. Nautical

a. A cathead.

b. A device for raising an anchor to the cathead.

c. A catboat.

d. A catamaran.

v. cat·ted, cat·ting, cats

v.tr. Nautical

To hoist an anchor to (the cathead).

v.intr. Slang

To look for sexual partners; have an affair or affairs: "catting around with every lady in sight" (Gore Vidal).

Idiom:

let the cat out of the bag

To let a secret be known.

[Middle English, from Old English catt, from Germanic *kattuz; akin to Late Latin cattus and Old Church Slavonic kotŭka, all ultimately of unknown origin. Sense 6d, short for catamaran.]

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cat

(kæt)

1. (Animals) Also called: domestic cat a small domesticated feline mammal, Felis catus (or domesticus), having thick soft fur and occurring in many breeds in which the colour of the fur varies greatly: kept as a pet or to catch rats and mice

2. (Animals) Also called: big cat any of the larger felines, such as a lion or tiger

3. (Animals) any wild feline mammal of the genus Felis, such as the lynx or serval, resembling the domestic cat.

4. old-fashioned a woman who gossips maliciously

5. slang a man; guy

6. (Nautical Terms) nautical a heavy tackle for hoisting an anchor to the cathead

7. (Games, other than specified) a short sharp-ended piece of wood used in the game of tipcat

8. (Nautical Terms) short for catboat

10. a bag of cats informal Irish a bad-tempered person: she's a real bag of cats this morning.

11. fight like Kilkenny cats to fight until both parties are destroyed

12. let the cat out of the bag to disclose a secret, often by mistake

13. like a cat on a hot tin roof like a cat on hot bricks in an uneasy or agitated state

14. like cat and dog quarrelling savagely

15. look like something the cat brought in to appear dishevelled or bedraggled

16. not a cat in hell's chance no chance at all

17. not have room to swing a cat to have very little space

18. play cat and mouse to play with a person or animal in a cruel or teasing way, esp before a final act of cruelty or unkindness

19. put the cat among the pigeons to introduce some violently disturbing new element

20. rain cats and dogs to rain very heavily

vb, cats, catting or catted

21. (tr) to flog with a cat-o'-nine-tails

22. (Nautical Terms) (tr) nautical to hoist (an anchor) to the cathead

23. (intr) a slang word for vomit

[Old English catte, from Latin cattus; related to Old Norse köttr, Old High German kazza, Old French chat, Russian kot]

ˈcatˌlike adj

ˈcattish adj

cat

(kæt)

(Nautical Terms) informal short for catamaran¹

cat

(kæt)

(Automotive Engineering)

b. (as modifier): a cat car.

adj

(Mechanical Engineering) short for catalytic: a cat cracker.

CAT

abbreviation for

1. (Computer Science) computer-aided teaching

2. (Computer Science) computer-assisted trading

3. (Computer Science) computerized axial tomography

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cat

(kæt)

n., v. cat•ted, cat•ting. n.

1. a small domesticated carnivore, Felis domestica or F. catus.

2. any carnivore of the family Felidae, as the lion, tiger, leopard, or jaguar, and including numerous small wild cats.

3. Slang.

a. a person, esp. a man.

b. a devotee of jazz.

4. a spiteful woman.

5. a cat-o'-nine-tails.

6. a catboat.

7. a catfish.

8. a tackle used in hoisting an anchor to the cathead.

v.t.

9. to hoist (an anchor) and secure to a cathead.

10. cat around, Slang. to seek sexual activity indiscriminately.

Idioms:

let the cat out of the bag, to divulge a secret.

[before 900; Middle English cat, catte, Old English catt (masculine), catte (feminine), c. Old High German kazza, Old Norse kǫttr, Late Latin cattus, catta]

CAT

cat.

1. catalog; catalogue.

2. catechism.

cat

(kăt)

1. Any of various meat-eating mammals including the lion, tiger, jaguar, lynx, and cheetah. Most cats are solitary animals. All species except the cheetah have fully retractable claws.

2. The house cat, domesticated since ancient times and widely kept as a pet or a killer of rodents.

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cat

Past participle: catted
Gerund: catting

Imperative
cat
cat

Present
I cat
you cat
he/she/it cats
we cat
you cat
they cat

Preterite
I catted
you catted
he/she/it catted
we catted
you catted
they catted

Present Continuous
I am catting
you are catting
he/she/it is catting
we are catting
you are catting
they are catting

Present Perfect
I have catted
you have catted
he/she/it has catted
we have catted
you have catted
they have catted

Past Continuous
I was catting
you were catting
he/she/it was catting
we were catting
you were catting
they were catting

Past Perfect
I had catted
you had catted
he/she/it had catted
we had catted
you had catted
they had catted

Future
I will cat
you will cat
he/she/it will cat
we will cat
you will cat
they will cat

Future Perfect
I will have catted
you will have catted
he/she/it will have catted
we will have catted
you will have catted
they will have catted

Future Continuous
I will be catting
you will be catting
he/she/it will be catting
we will be catting
you will be catting
they will be catting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been catting
you have been catting
he/she/it has been catting
we have been catting
you have been catting
they have been catting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been catting
you will have been catting
he/she/it will have been catting
we will have been catting
you will have been catting
they will have been catting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been catting
you had been catting
he/she/it had been catting
we had been catting
you had been catting
they had been catting

Conditional
I would cat
you would cat
he/she/it would cat
we would cat
you would cat
they would cat

Past Conditional
I would have catted
you would have catted
he/she/it would have catted
we would have catted
you would have catted
they would have catted

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	cat - feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats true cat felid, feline - any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals, many with retractile claws domestic cat, Felis catus, Felis domesticus, house cat - any domesticated member of the genus Felis wildcat - any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild
	2.	cat - an informal term for a youth or man; "a nice guy"; "the guy's only doing it for some doll" guy, hombre, bozo adult male, man - an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus"
	3.	cat - a spiteful woman gossip; "what a cat she is!" gossiper, gossipmonger, newsmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger, gossip - a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others adult female, woman - an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted"
	4.	cat - the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant; "in Yemen kat is used daily by 85% of adults" African tea, Arabian tea, kat, khat, qat, quat excitant, stimulant drug, stimulant - a drug that temporarily quickens some vital process
	5.	cat - a whip with nine knotted cords; "British sailors feared the cat" cat-o'-nine-tails whip - an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping
	6.	cat - a large tracked vehicle that is propelled by two endless metal belts; frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work Caterpillar tracked vehicle - a self-propelled vehicle that moves on tracks jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"
	7.	cat - any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild big cat family Felidae, Felidae - cats; wildcats; lions; leopards; cheetahs; saber-toothed tigers felid, feline - any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals, many with retractile claws Panthera pardus, leopard - large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots Panthera uncia, snow leopard, ounce - large feline of upland central Asia having long thick whitish fur Felis onca, jaguar, panther, Panthera onca - a large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard; in some classifications considered a member of the genus Felis king of beasts, lion, Panthera leo - large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male Panthera tigris, tiger - large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes; endangered liger - offspring of a male lion and a female tiger tiglon, tigon - offspring of a male tiger and a female lion Acinonyx jubatus, cheetah, chetah - long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws; the swiftest mammal; can be trained to run down game sabertooth, saber-toothed tiger - any of many extinct cats of the Old and New Worlds having long swordlike upper canine teeth; from the Oligocene through the Pleistocene
	8.	CAT - a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans along a single axis computed axial tomography, computed tomography, computerized axial tomography, computerized tomography, CT X-raying, X-radiation - obtaining images by the use of X rays
Verb	1.	cat - beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails flog, lash, lather, trounce, welt, whip, slash, strap - beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
	2.	cat - eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night" barf, be sick, puke, regorge, retch, sick, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up, spue, disgorge, spew, chuck, honk, regurgitate, purge, cast egest, excrete, eliminate, pass - eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone"

cat

noun feline, pussy (informal), moggy (slang), puss (informal), tabby Cats are renowned for their curiosity.

Quotations
"Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want" [Joseph Wood Krutch The Twelve Seasons]
"When I play with my cat, who knows whether she isn't amusing herself with me more than I am with her?" [Montaigne Essais]

Proverbs
"When the cat's away, the mice will play"
"The cat would eat fish, but would not wet her feet"
"All cats are grey in the dark"

Breeds of cat

Abyssinian, Angora, Bengal leopard, Burmese, colourpoint or (U.S.) Himalayan, Havana, Maine coon, Manx, Persian, ragdoll, Rex, Russian blue, Siamese, tabby, tortoiseshell, Turkish

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Translations

الأسَد أو النَّمِرقِطقِطَّة

котка

kočkakocouršelmašelma kočkovitá

katkattekattedyrankerkatbrække sig

katinokatovirkato

kaslanekassoksendama

گربه

kissakissaeläinankkuritalja

mačka

macskakandúr

kucing

kötturdÿr af kattaættkisa

猫

고양이

cattusfelesfelis

katinaskatėkatės akisklastingasplačialapis švendras

kaķiskaķu dzimtas dzīvnieks

cotoimâţămotanpisică

kocúrmačkašelma

mačekmačka

kattkattdjur

แมว

kedikedigillerden vahşi hayvan

con mèomèo

CAT

[ˈkæt]

A. N ABBR

1. =computer-aided teaching

2. =computerized axial tomography → TAC m or f

3. =computer-assisted translation → TAO f

4. =College of Advanced Technology

B. CPD CAT scan N → escáner m TAC
to have a CAT scan: I'm going to have a CAT scan → me van a hacer un (escáner) TAC

cat

[kæt]

B. CPD cat basket N (for carrying) → cesto m para llevar al gato; (for sleeping) → cesto m del gato
cat burglar N → (ladrón/ona m/f) balconero/a m/f
cat's cradle N → (juego m de la) cuna f
cat flap N → gatera f
cat food N → comida f para gatos
cat litter N → arena f higiénica (para gatos)
cat's whisker N (Rad) → cable m antena

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CAT

cat

cat burglar

n → Fassadenkletterer m

cat

cat fight

n (esp US inf, between women) → Gezänk nt, → Gezerfe nt

cat flap

n → Katzenklappe f

cat

cat-o’-nine-tails

n → neunschwänzige Katze

cat

→ Katze f; (= tiger etc) → (Raub)katze f; the (big) cats → die großen Katzen; to let the cat out of the bag → die Katze aus dem Sack lassen; they fight like cat and dog → die sind or die vertragen sich wie Hund und Katze; to play a cat-and-mouse game with somebody → mit jdm Katz und Maus spielen; there isn’t room to swing a cat (inf) → man kann sich nicht rühren(, so eng ist es); a cat may look at a king (prov) → es wird doch noch erlaubt sein zu gucken!; to be like a cat on hot bricks, to be like a cat on a hot tin roof → wie auf glühenden Kohlen sitzen; to look like the cat that got the cream → sich freuen wie ein Schneekönig (inf); that’s put the cat among the pigeons! → da hast du etc aber was (Schönes) angerichtet!; he thinks he’s the cat’s whiskers (Brit inf) or the cat’s meow (US inf) → er hält sich für wer weiß was; he doesn’t have a cat in hell’s chance of winning → er hat nicht die geringste Chance zu gewinnen; when or while the cat’s away the mice will play (Prov) → wenn die Katze aus dem Haus ist, tanzen die Mäuse (Prov); has the cat got your tongue? (inf) → du hast wohl die Sprache verloren?

(inf, = woman) → Katze f

(= whip) → (neunschwänzige) Katze

(dated US sl) → Typ m (inf)

(inf: = caterpillar tractor) → Raupe f

cat

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CAT

[kæt] n abbr =computerized axial tomography → TAC f inv =tomografia assiale computerizzata
CAT scanner → scanner m inv per TAC

cat

[kæt] n → gatto/a; (species) → felino/a
that's put the cat among the pigeons! → ha suscitato un vespaio!
that's let the cat out of the bag → questo non è più un segreto
like a cat on hot bricks → sulle spine, sui carboni ardenti, come un'anima in pena
to fight like cat and dog → essere come cane e gatto
when the cat's away the mice will play → quando il gatto non c'è i topi ballano

cat

(kӕt) noun

1. a small, four-legged, fur-covered animal often kept as a pet. a Siamese cat.

2. a large wild animal of the same family (eg tiger, lion etc). the big cats.

ˈcatty adjective

spiteful, malicious. She's catty even about her best friend; catty remarks.

ˈcatcall noun

a shrill whistle showing disagreement or disapproval. the catcalls of the audience.

ˈcatfish noun

any of a family of scaleless fish with long feelers round the mouth.

ˈcatgut noun

a kind of cord made from the intestines of sheep etc, used for violin strings etc.

ˌcat's-ˈeye noun

a small, thick piece of glass fixed in the surface of a road to reflect light and guide drivers at night.

ˈcatsuit noun

a woman's close-fitting one-piece trouser suit.

ˈcattail noun

a tall plant that grows in wet places, with flowers shaped like a cat's tail.

let the cat out of the bag

to let a secret become known unintentionally.

CAT

→ قِطَّة kočka kat Katze γάτα gato kissa chat mačka gatto 猫 고양이 kat katt kot gato кот katt แมว kedi con mèo 猫

CAT

abbr computerized axial tomography. V. tomography y scan.

cat

n gato