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- Dictionarycat/kat/
noun
- 1. 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.
- 2. (especially among jazz enthusiasts) a man: informal North American "this West Coast cat had managed him since the early 80s"
verb
- 1. raise (an anchor) from the surface of the water to the cathead: "I kept her off the wind and sailing free until I had the anchor catted"
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The cat (Felis catus), also referred to as domestic cat or house cat, is a small domesticated carnivorous mammal. It is the only domesticated species of the family Felidae. Advances in archaeology and genetics have shown that the domestication of the cat occurred in the Near East around 7500 BC.
a small, furry animal with four legs and a tail, often kept as a pet, or any of a group of related animals that are wild, and some of which are large and fierce, such as the lion. CAT. noun [ U ]
1. a. : a carnivorous mammal (Felis catus) long domesticated as a pet and for catching rats and mice. b. : any of a family (Felidae) of carnivorous usually solitary and nocturnal mammals (such as the domestic cat, lion, tiger, leopard, jaguar, cougar, wildcat, lynx, and cheetah) 2. a. : guy.
noun. 1. Also called: domestic cat. a small domesticated feline mammal, Felis catus (or domesticus), having thick soft fur and occurring in many breeds in which the colour of the fur varies greatly: kept as a pet or to catch rats and mice. 2. Also called: big cat. any of the larger felines, such as a lion or tiger. 3.
Cats, also called domestic cats (Felis catus), are small, carnivorous (meat eating) mammals, of the family Felidae. [3][4][5] Cats have been domesticated (tamed) for nearly 10,000 years. [6] Domestic cats may be called 'house cats' when kept as indoor pets. [7] They are one of the most popular pets in the world.
Definitions of cat. noun. feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats. synonyms: true cat. see more. noun. any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild. synonyms: big cat. see more. noun. a whip with nine knotted cords. “British sailors feared the cat ”
Cat definition: a small domesticated carnivore, Felis domestica or F. catus, bred in a number of varieties.. See examples of CAT used in a sentence.
