cats

We have found lemma(root) word of cats : cat.

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[kat], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a small domesticated carnivorous mammal with soft fur, a short snout, and retractable claws. It is widely kept as a pet or for catching mice, and many breeds have been developed

- (especially among jazz enthusiasts) a man
(e.g: this West Coast cat had managed him since the early 80s)

- a short tapered stick used in the game of tipcat


Phrases:
- a cat may look at a king
- all cats are grey in the dark
- cat and mouse
- has the cat got your tongue?
- let the cat out of the bag
- like a cat on a hot tin roof
- like herding cats
- like the cat that got the cream
- look like something the cat dragged in
- look what the cat dragged in
- not have a cat in hell's chance
- put the cat among the pigeons
- see which way the cat jumps
- the cat's whiskers
- when the cat's away, the mice will play

Origin:
Old English catt, catte, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kat and German Katze; reinforced in Middle English by forms from late Latin cattus


[kat], (Verb)

Definitions:
- raise (an anchor) from the surface of the water to the cathead
(e.g: I kept her off the wind and sailing free until I had the anchor catted)


Phrases:
- a cat may look at a king
- all cats are grey in the dark
- cat and mouse
- has the cat got your tongue?
- let the cat out of the bag
- like a cat on a hot tin roof
- like herding cats
- like the cat that got the cream
- look like something the cat dragged in
- look what the cat dragged in
- not have a cat in hell's chance
- put the cat among the pigeons
- see which way the cat jumps
- the cat's whiskers
- when the cat's away, the mice will play

Origin:
Old English catt, catte, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kat and German Katze; reinforced in Middle English by forms from late Latin cattus


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[kat], (Abbreviation)

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- computerized axial tomography

- computer-assisted (or -aided) testing

- clear air turbulence


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