Word Finder - cat

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An animal of the family Felidae:

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• felid

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A person:

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A strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship.

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Short form of cat-o'-nine-tails.

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A sturdy merchant sailing vessel (now only in "catboat").

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The game of "trap and ball" (also called "cat and dog").

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The pointed piece of wood that is struck in the game of tipcat.

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A vagina, a vulva; the female external genitalia.

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A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.) with six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position it is placed.

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A wheeled shelter, used in the Middle Ages as a siege weapon to allow assailants to approach enemy defences.

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• Welsh cat
• tortoise

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To hoist (the anchor) by its ring so that it hangs at the cathead.

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To flog with a cat-o'-nine-tails.

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To vomit.

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To go wandering at night.

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To gossip in a catty manner.

The cat would like to eat the mouse.

I think the cat wants dessert!

I'm in no mood to watch a cat fight tonight.

The cat can see the mouse.

A large grey cat was asleep on a rocking chair.

It didn't purr like a cat but growled.

And don't try to tell me that black cat wasn't you!

Once I was surprised to see a cat walking along the stony shore of the pond, for they rarely wander so far from home.

The cat can have some milk, and the mouse can have some cake.

Look what he dreamt; a woman ironing shirts, a child playing, a cat and a farmer pitching hay.

Dusty said I have to leave the cat with you.

He was expecting worse than a cat in Darian's room.

Cade handed her the cat and cuffed her playfully.

Dawkins asked as he waved a foot at the cat, who scurried back and repeated her greeting.

She hugged the cat and then hugged Alex.

And the whole thing has been unnatural because that cat and I are both able to talk your language, and to understand the words you say.

Thankful for the change of subject, Cynthia launched into a description of her latest conquests with the cat, again tucking that nagging doubt to the back of her mind.

She felt like petting the healer to calm him as she might Toby.s cat but suspected it wouldn.t be welcome.

Carmen stepped outside with her food and fed it to the cat.

The donkey brayed, the hound barked, the cat mewed, and the rooster crowed.

Once, when berrying, I met with a cat with young kittens in the woods, quite wild, and they all, like their mother, had their backs up and were fiercely spitting at me.

Like a cat, she had attached herself not to the people but to the home.

She kneeled down to pet the cat.

Filling the breach with clay using the dumper and CAT excavator.

FleaScan helps you identify flea infestation in any dog or cat long before becoming full-blown.

She giggled and cuddled the cat close.

He really wasn't too much bigger than a cat, not when compared to an adult.

Dean went to cat and girl and gave them both a long hug.

The svelte model wore towering boots and a one- piece cat suit that left nothing to the imagination.

Mom should make a big fuss over the dog or cat.

An old Cat was in a fair way to kill all the Mice in the barn.

Cade was trying to be accommodating, but sometimes he was as skittish about conversation as the cat was about being touched - and likely for the same reason.

The cat had moved her kittens one night and they never saw her again.

I hate where I am, local yobs killed my cat a few months ago!

She lifted the cat to her lap and turned so the light from the doorway would fall on the foot.

Bianca was asleep on the couch, the cat curled on her back.

Darian's probably going to ask you if he can go visit the cat.

I am alone in this house, with only a cat for company though he gives me little solace.

Fred began to pace the room, patting the cat as he walked back and forth.

It was a cat.

Fed up with playing doorman to your cat, without a tip?

Click on the CAT ride on pedal dumper to view the full range of these robust ride on childrens toys.

The cat motif is a curious twist of notes with a small upward glissando to represent its tail.

The infective eggs or larvae are then ingested by a cat.

In 1998 CAT acquired rights to novel polysome display technology and underlying intellectual property through the acquisition of Aptein Inc., a US company.

I thought I might just as well describe my pet in order to know it--order, vertebrate; division, quadruped; class, mammalia; genus, felinus; species, cat; individual, Tabby.

He knew what a shock he would inflict on his father and mother by the news of this loss, he knew what a relief it would be to escape it all, and felt that Dolokhov knew that he could save him from all this shame and sorrow, but wanted now to play with him as a cat does with a mouse.

Cade was slowly emerging from his shell, but the cat was still as wild as ever.

Then why the look like your dog ate your cat?

She felt death within him, as she had with her cat Snickers after a car ran him over.