| Sounds | kae't | |
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| Rhymes | acrobat ... ziggurat: 63 rhymes with aet... | |
| Meaning | feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats. | |
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| Synonym | true cat | |
| Narrower | domestic cat, house cat, Felis domesticus, Felis catus | Any domesticated member of the genus Felis |
| wildcat | Any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild | |
| Broader | feline, felid | Any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals, many with retractile claws |
| Spanish | felis silvestris catus, gata, gato | |
| Catalan | Felis silvestris catus, gata, gat, moix | |
| Adjectives | feline | of or relating to cats |
| Meaning | An informal British term for a youth or man. | |
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| Synonyms | guy, hombre, bozo, sod | |
| Broader | man, adult male | An adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman) |
| Spanish | hombre, tío, tipo | |
| Meaning | A spiteful woman gossip. | |
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| Example | "what a cat she is!" | |
| Broader | gossip, gossiper, gossipmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger, newsmonger | A person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others |
| woman, adult female | An adult female person (as opposed to a man) | |
| Spanish | víbora | |
| Catalan | tafanera, xafardera | |
| Adjectives | catty | marked by or arising from malice |
| Meaning | The leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant. | |
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| Synonyms | kat, khat, qat, quat, Arabian tea, African tea | |
| Broader | stimulant, stimulant drug, excitant | A drug that temporarily quickens some vital process |
| Spanish | catha edulis, kat, khat, qat, quat | |
| Catalan | catha edulis, kat, khat, qat, quat | |
| Meaning | A whip with nine knotted cords. | |
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| Example | "British sailors feared the cat" | |
| Synonym | cat-o'-nine-tails | |
| Broader | whip | An instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping |
| Verbs | cat | beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails |
| Meaning | A large tracked vehicle that is propelled by two endless metal belts; frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work. | |
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| Synonym | Caterpillar | |
| Broader | tracked vehicle | A self-propelled vehicle that moves on tracks |
| Usage of | slang | a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) |
| Spanish | gato, oruga | |
| Catalan | eruga | |
| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Synonyms | computerized tomography, computed tomography, CT, computerized axial tomography, computed axial tomography | |
| Broader | X-raying, X-radiation | Obtaining images by the use of X rays |
| Meaning | Beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | They want to cat the prisoners | |
| Broader | flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce | Beat severely with a whip or rod |
| Nouns | cat | a whip with nine knotted cords |
| Meaning | Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up | |
| Broader | excrete, egest, eliminate, pass | Eliminate from the body |
| Opposite | keep down | manage not to throw up |
| Spanish | arrojar, devolver, vomitar, vómito | |
| Catalan | perbocar, regurgitar, vomitar | |
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