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English noun: cat | |||
| 1. | cat (animal) feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats | ||
| Synonyms | true cat | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | felid, feline | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | domestic cat, Felis catus, Felis domesticus, house cat, wildcat | ||
| 2. | cat (person) an informal term for a youth or man | ||
| Samples | A nice guy. The guy's only doing it for some doll. | ||
| Synonyms | bozo, guy, hombre | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | adult male, man | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | sod | ||
| 3. | cat (person) a spiteful woman gossip | ||
| Samples | What a cat she is!. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | adult female, gossip, gossiper, gossipmonger, newsmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger, woman | ||
| 4. | cat (artifact) the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant | ||
| Samples | In Yemen kat is used daily by 85% of adults. | ||
| Synonyms | African tea, Arabian tea, kat, khat, qat, quat | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | excitant, stimulant, stimulant drug | ||
| 5. | cat (artifact) a whip with nine knotted cords | ||
| Samples | British sailors feared the cat. | ||
| Synonyms | cat-o'-nine-tails | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | whip | ||
| 6. | cat (artifact) a large tracked vehicle that is propelled by two endless metal belts; frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work | ||
| Synonyms | Caterpillar | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | tracked vehicle | ||
| 7. | cat (animal) any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild | ||
| Synonyms | big cat | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | felid, feline | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Acinonyx jubatus, cheetah, chetah, Felis onca, jaguar, king of beasts, leopard, liger, lion, ounce, panther, Panthera leo, Panthera onca, Panthera pardus, Panthera tigris, Panthera uncia, saber-toothed tiger, sabertooth, snow leopard, tiger, tiglon, tigon | ||
| Member meronym | family Felidae, Felidae | ||
| 8. | CAT (act) 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 | ||
| Synonyms | computed axial tomography, computed tomography, computerized axial tomography, computerized tomography, CT | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | X-radiation, X-raying | ||
English verb: cat | |||
| 1. | cat (contact) beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails | ||
| Examples | They want to cat the prisoners | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | flog, lash, lather, slash, strap, trounce, welt, whip | ||
| 2. | cat (body) eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth | ||
| Samples | After drinking too much, the students vomited. He purged continuously. The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night. | ||
| Synonyms | barf, be sick, cast, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | egest, eliminate, excrete, pass | ||
| Antonyms | keep down | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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