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116 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —
  • cat n. An animal of the family Felidae…
  • cat n. A person…
  • cat n. (Nautical) A strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship.
  • cat n. (Chiefly nautical) Short form of cat-o’-nine-tails.
  • cat n. (Archaic) A sturdy merchant sailing vessel (now only in "catboat").
  • cat n. (Archaic, uncountable) The game of "trap and ball" (also called "cat and dog").
  • cat n. (Archaic) The pointed piece of wood that is struck in the game of tipcat.
  • cat n. (Slang, vulgar, African American Vernacular English) A vagina, a vulva; the female external genitalia.
  • cat n. A double tripod (For holding a plate, etc.) with six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever…
  • cat n. (Historical) A wheeled shelter, used in the Middle Ages as a siege weapon to allow assailants to approach…
  • cat v. (Nautical, transitive) To hoist (the anchor) by its ring so that it hangs at the cathead.
  • cat v. (Nautical, transitive) To flog with a cat-o’-nine-tails.
  • cat v. (Slang) To vomit.
  • cat v. To go wandering at night.
  • cat v. To gossip in a catty manner.
  • cat n. (Computing) A program and command in Unix that reads one or more files and directs their content to…
  • cat v. (Computing, transitive) To apply the cat command to (one or more files).
  • cat v. (Computing, slang) To dump large amounts of data on (an unprepared target), usually with no intention…
  • cat n. (Slang) A street name of the drug methcathinone.
  • cat n. Abbreviation of catapult.
  • cat n. Abbreviation of catalytic converter.
  • cat n. Abbreviation of catamaran.
  • cat n. Abbreviation of category.
  • cat n. Abbreviation of catfish.
  • cat n. Abbreviation of caterpillar.
  • cat n. Abbreviation of computed axial tomography. Often used attributively, as in “CAT scan” or “CT scan”.
  • cat adj. (Ireland, colloquial) Catastrophic; terrible, disastrous.
  • Cat prop.n. A diminutive of the female given names Catherine or Caitlin.
  • Cat n. (Slang) A piece of heavy machinery, such as a backhoe, of the Caterpillar brand.
  • Cat n. (Informal) A Catalina flying boat.
  • CAT n. Acronym of Central Atlas Tamazight.
  • CAT n. Acronym of computer-adaptive test.
  • CAT n. Acronym of common admission test.
  • CAT n. Acronym of civil air transport.
  • CAT n. Acronym of clear-air turbulence.
  • CAT n. (Medicine) Acronym of computed axial tomography.
  • CAT n. Acronym of career aptitude test.
  • CAT n. Acronym of computer-assisted/aided translation.
  • CAT n. Acronym of credit authorization terminal.
  • CAT n. Acronym of citizenship advancement training.
  • CAT n. Acronym of computer-aided transceiver.
  • CAT n. Acronym of cosmic anisotropy telescope.
  • CAT n. Acronym of coital alignment technique.
  • CAT n. Acronym of conidial anastomosis tube.
  • CAT n. Acronym of chloramphenicol acetyltransferase.
  • CAT n. Acronym of crisis assessment team.
  • CAT n. Acronym of Consumer Acceptance of Technology.
  • CAT prop.n. Centre for Alternative Technology.
  • CAT prop.n. Counter Assault Team.
  • CAT prop.n. Citizens Area Transit.
  • CAT prop.n. Canadian Achievement Tests.
  • CAT prop.n. Cambridge Antibody Technology.
— International convention —
  • cat sym. (International standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Catalan.
  • .cat n. The sponsored top-level domain for Catalonia and the Catalan language.
— Foreign words, define in English —
  • Aromanian
  • Chuvash
  • Coptic
    • ⲥⲁϯ n. (Fayyumic, astronomy) Sirius, A bluish-white star in the constellation Canis Major; Alpha (α) Canis…
  • Indonesian - Malay
    • cat n. Paint (substance).
  • Irish
    • cat n. Cat (domestic feline; member of the Felidae).
  • Mansi
  • Middle english
    • cat n. Cat (feline).
  • Norman
    • cat n. Cat.
    • cat n. (Jersey) common dab (Limanda limanda).
  • Old french
    • cat n. (Picardy, Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of chat.
  • Romanian
    • cat n. (Dated) floor (storey).
    • cât pron. How much.
    • cât det. How much.
    • cât adv. How much.
    • cât n. (Arithmetic) quotient.
  • Scottish gaelic
    • cat n. Cat (Felis catus).
  • Serbo-croatian
    • сат n. Clock, watch (instrument used to measure or keep track of time).
    • сат n. Hour.
  • Turkish
    • çat n. (Onomatopoeia) crack.
    • çat n. (Onomatopoeia) snap.
    • çat n. (Colloquial) intersection.
    • Çat prop.n. A town and district of Erzurum, Turkey.
  • Vietnamese
    • cát n. Sand.
    • cát n. Grain (as in a fine grain of silk).
    • cắt v. To sever using a sharp object; to cut, snip, slit, trim, clip, shear, etc.
    • cắt v. (Mathematics) to intersect.
    • cắt n. A falcon (bird of the genus Falco).
    • cất v. To lift, to raise.
    • cất v. To clear; to relocate, to put back.
    • cất v. To distil.
    • cật n. (Colloquial) kidney.
    • cật n. (Rare) loin.
    • cật n. Outer layer of bamboo; bark.
— English word, defined in German —
  • cat S. Zoologie: die Katze.
— English word, defined in Dutch —
  • cat n. (Roofdieren) kat.
— English word, defined in Latin —
  • cat n.subs. √ feles (-is, fem.) || Animal specie Felis silvestris.
— English words, defined in French —
  • cat n. (Zoologie) Chat, chatte (animal).
  • cat n. (Argot) (Vulgaire) (Anglais vernaculaire afro-américain) Vagin ; vulve.
  • Cat prén. Diminutif de Catherine.
  • Cat n. (Par ellipse) (Populaire) Machine de la société industrielle américaine Caterpillar.
  • CAT n. Sigle de computer-aided translation, traduction assistée par ordinateur (TAO).
— English words, defined in Spanish —
  • cat s. Zoología. (Felis silvestris catus) Gato.
  • cat s. Zoología. Por extensión, felino.
  • cat s. Persona cualquiera; tipo, fulano.
  • cat s. Prostituta.
  • cat s. Gato de nueve colas.
  • cat s. Melómano o ejecutante de jazz.
— English words, defined in Portuguese —
  • cat s. Gato.
  • cat s. (Gíria⚠) pessoa, cara.
— English words, defined in Italian —
  • cat s. (Zoologia) gatto, gatta.
  • cat s. Felino.
  • cat s. (Gergale) tizio.
— In Dutch —
  • CAT n. (Afkorting), (initiaalwoord), (techniek), (medisch) afkorting…
  • CAT n. (Informatica), (initiaalwoord), (techniek) afkorting van…
— In French —
  • cat n.m. (Botanique) Variante de qat.
  • CAT n.m. (Assurance, Finance) Contrat d’assurance titrisé.
  • Cat. n.prop.m. (Antiquité, Littérature) Caton (Marcus Porcius Cato)…
  • Cat. n.prop.m. (Antiquité, Littérature) Catulle (Caius Valerius Catullus)…
329 English words from 91 English definitions

Abbreviation Acceptance acetyltransferase Achievement Acronym adaptive admission advancement African African␣American Ages aided air air␣transport alignment allow Alpha also Alternative American amounts amp anastomosis anchor and Anglo Anglo-Norman animal anisotropy Antibody apply approach aptitude Archaic Area Arithmetic a␣sharp as␣in assailants Assault assessment assisted astronomy Atlas at␣night attributively authorization axial back backhoe ball bamboo bark bird bluish boat brand Caitlin called Cambridge Canadian Canis␣Major career cat Catalan Catalina Catalonia catalytic catalytic␣converter catamaran cat␣and␣dog catapult Catastrophic catboat category caterpillar catfish cathead Catherine CAT␣scan catty Central Central␣Atlas␣Tamazight Centre chat Chiefly chloramphenicol Citizens citizenship civil clear clear-air␣turbulence clip Clock code coital colloquial command common computed computer Computing conidial constellation Consumer content converter cosmic Counter crack credit crisis CT␣scan cut dab data Dated diminutive directs disastrous distil district dog domain domestic double drug dump English Erzurum etc external Falco falcon family Fayyumic feet feline female files fine flog floor flying flying␣boat for form game genitalia genus given given␣names gossip grain ground hangs heavy heavy␣machinery Historical hoist holding Hour How How␣much Hundred Informal instrument intention International intersect intersection in␣the␣game Ireland ISO its Jersey keep keep␣track kidney language language␣code large layer level lift loin machinery Major manner Mathematics measure Medicine member merchant methcathinone Middle Middle␣Ages more much name names nautical night nine Norman now object of␣a Often one only Onomatopoeia on␣the on␣the␣ground Outer Paint person Picardy piece plate pointed program put put␣back quotient raise Rare reads relocate rest rest␣on ring sailing sailing␣vessel Sand scan Seven sever sharp shear shelter ship Short Short␣form siege siege␣weapon silk Sirius six slang slit snap snip so␣that sponsored standards star storey street street␣name strong struck sturdy substance such such␣as swallow tackle tails Tamazight target team technique Technology telescope terminal terrible test Tests that that␣is the their three time tipcat To␣go tomography top top-level top-level␣domain to␣the town track training transceiver Transit transitive translation transport trap trim tripod tube turbulence Turkey uncountable Unix unprepared used used␣to using usually vagina Vernacular vessel vomit vulgar vulva wandering watch weapon Week whatever wheeled which white with wood

32 English words from 25 foreign definitions

afro aided animal Argot assurance Caius Caterpillar Catherine Cato Caton Catullus Chat colas computer die ellipse fem Finance gatta jazz kat Machine Marcus par Persona qat specie TAO traduction translation Valerius van

4 foreign words from 91 English definitions

Canis catus Felis limanda

55 foreign words from 25 foreign definitions

afkorting afro-américain américain américaine Anglais Antiquité assistée Botanique cara Catulle catus chatte Contrat cualquiera de␣la Diminutif ejecutante extensión feles felino Felis fulano Gato gatto Gergale Gíria industrielle Informatica initiaalwoord Katze Littérature Marcus␣Porcius␣Cato medisch Melómano nueve ordinateur pessoa Populaire Por Prostituta Roofdieren Sigle silvestris société techniek tipo titrisé tizio Vagin Variante vernaculaire Vulgaire vulve Zoología Zoologie

2024 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

cata- cate Cate cath Cath cath. CATI Cato CATO cats Cats CATs Catt CATV Caty Catz catch cater Cater cates Cates catex Cathi caths Cathy CATIA Catie catio catly Catoe catom Caton Cator CATOs CATSA catso catte Catti catto catty Catty Catala catalo Catano catbox cat␣box catboy catcht catchy cat-cow +1974 words

7340 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

ACATS MCATs PCATs scate scath scato- scats scatt acater acates acatry Arcata decate ducate Ducate Ducati ducats Ducats fucate Hecate hecato- he-cats Licata locate McAtee mecate mucate pacate scatch scates scathe scaths scathy scatts scatty St␣Catz Ticats Ti-Cats uncate vacate vocate x-cat-ik zacate abacate acaters acatour alcatif avocate avocats baccate +7290 words

237 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

DCAT MCAT m-cat M.C.A.T. PCAT P.C.A.T. scat VCAT avcat BOCAT ducat Ducat he-cat ticat avocat bay␣cat big␣cat bobcat bowcat concat EISCAT fatcat fat-cat fat␣cat gib-cat gib␣cat hepcat hep-cat hep␣cat kitcat kit-cat lapcat lap␣cat lolcat LOLcat mercat mudcat muscat Muscat noncat Ocicat old␣cat podcat ram-cat rescat she-cat tipcat tip-cat tomcat tom-cat tom␣cat +186 words

2 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

tac TAC

12 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

act Act ACT act. Act. A.C.T. A.␣C.␣T. ATC CTA tac TAC TCA

104 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

AACT acct acct. acet- acft ACTA ACTH acti acts Acts ACTs ACTU α-cut ATCK ATCs -atic ATOC ATSC bact. Cait cant Cant can't Cant. ca'n't capt Capt Capt. cart Cart CART cast Cast -cast cata- cate Cate cath Cath cath. CATI Cato CATO cats Cats CATs Catt CATV Caty Catz +54 words

39 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

ac Ac AC ℀ -ac a-c a/c ac- ac. A/C a.c. A.C. at AT 'at at- A-T A/T ca CA c@ &ca ca. &ca. C.A. ct Ct CT ct. Ct. c**t ta Ta TA T&A T/A T.A. TC T&C

151 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

AAT bat BAT bat- Bat- CAA cab Cab CAB CAC cad CAD cad. CAE caf CAF cag CAG cah CAH Cai CAIi Cai. cak cal Cal cal. Cal. cam Cam CAM can Can CAN Can. Cao CAO cap Cap CAP car Car CAR cas Cas CAs CAS cas' Cas. Cau Cav. caw CAW CAX cay Caz CAZ CBT CCT CDT CET CFT CGT CHT cit cit. ckt CLT cl*t cmt CMT cmt. CNT c*nt cot Cpt CPT Cpt. CRT CST cst. CTT cut CVT cwt CWT cwt. cyt- CZT dat DAT .dat dat. D.A.T. D.␣A.␣T. eat fat FAT gat (+51 words)

19 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

at AT 'at at- A-T A/T ca CA c@ &ca ca. &ca. C.A. ct Ct CT ct. Ct. c**t

24 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

Cait cant Cant can't Cant. ca'n't capt Capt Capt. cart Cart CART cast Cast -cast Catt caut chat CHAT clat coat crat -crat C-rat


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