Catnoun
An animal of the family Felidae:
Catnoun
A domesticated subspecies (Felis silvestris catus) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet.
Catnoun
Any similar animal of the family Felidae, which includes lions, tigers, bobcats, etc.
Catnoun
A person:
Catnoun
(offensive) A spiteful or angry woman.
Catnoun
An enthusiast or player of jazz.
Catnoun
(slang) A person (usually male).
Catnoun
(slang) A prostitute.
Catnoun
(nautical) A strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship.
Catnoun
Short form of cat-o'-nine-tails.
Catnoun
(archaic) A sturdy merchant sailing vessel now only in "catboat".
Catnoun
The game of "trap and ball" (also called "cat and dog").
Catnoun
The trap of the game of "trap and ball".
Catnoun
(archaic) The pointed piece of wood that is struck in the game of tipcat.
Catnoun
A vagina, a vulva; the female external genitalia.
Catnoun
A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.) with six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position it is placed.
Catnoun
A catamaran.
Catnoun
(computing) A program and command in Unix that reads one or more files and directs their content to the standard output.
Catnoun
(slang) A street name of the drug methcathinone.
Catnoun
A catapult.
Catnoun
A catfish.
Catnoun
(slang) Any of a variety of earth-moving machines. (from their manufacturer Caterpillar Inc.)
Catnoun
A caterpillar drive vehicle (a ground vehicle which uses caterpillar tracks), especially tractors, trucks, minibuses, and snow groomers.
Catverb
To hoist (the anchor) by its ring so that it hangs at the cathead.
Catverb
To flog with a cat-o'-nine-tails.
Catverb
(slang) To vomit something.
Catverb
To apply the cat command to (one or more files).
Catverb
To dump large amounts of data on (an unprepared target) usually with no intention of browsing it carefully.
Catadjective
Terrible, disastrous.
Catnoun
Any animal belonging to the natural family Felidae, and in particular to the various species of the genera Felis, Panthera, and Lynx. The domestic cat is Felis domestica. The European wild cat (Felis catus) is much larger than the domestic cat. In the United States the name wild cat is commonly applied to the bay lynx (Lynx rufus). The larger felines, such as the lion, tiger, leopard, and cougar, are often referred to as cats, and sometimes as big cats. See Wild cat, and Tiger cat.
Catnoun
A strong vessel with a narrow stern, projecting quarters, and deep waist. It is employed in the coal and timber trade.
Catnoun
A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.), having six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position it is placed.
Catnoun
An old game;
Catnoun
same as cat o' nine tails; as, British sailors feared the cat.
Catnoun
A catamaran.
Catverb
To bring to the cathead; as, to cat an anchor. See Anchor.
Catnoun
feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar; domestic cats; wildcats
Catnoun
an informal term for a youth or man;
Catnoun
a spiteful woman gossip;
Catnoun
the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant;
Catnoun
a whip with nine knotted cords;
Catnoun
a large vehicle that is driven by caterpillar tracks; frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work
Catnoun
any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild
Catnoun
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
Catverb
beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails
Catverb
eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth;
Cat
The cat (Felis catus) is a domestic species of small carnivorous mammal. It is the only domesticated species in the family Felidae and is often referred to as the domestic cat to distinguish it from the wild members of the family.
Fishnoun
(countable) A cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills.
Fishnoun
Any animal (or any vertebrate) that lives exclusively in water.
Fishnoun
(uncountable) The flesh of the fish used as food.
Fishnoun
(uncountable) A card game in which the object is to obtain cards in pairs or sets of four (depending on the variation), by asking the other players for cards of a particular rank.
Fishnoun
A woman.
Fishnoun
An easy victim for swindling.
Fishnoun
A bad poker player. Compare shark (a good poker player).
Fishnoun
A makeshift overlapping longitudinal brace, originally shaped roughly like a fish, used to temporarily repair or extend a spar or mast of a ship.
Fishnoun
(nautical) A purchase used to fish the anchor.
Fishnoun
A torpedo.
Fishnoun
(zoology) A paraphyletic grouping of the following extant taxonomic groups:
Fishnoun
Class Myxini, the hagfish (no vertebra)
Fishnoun
Class Petromyzontida, the lampreys (no jaw)
Fishnoun
Within infraphylum Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates (also including Tetrapoda)
Fishnoun
(cartomancy) The thirty-fourth Lenormand card.
Fishnoun
A period of time spent fishing.
Fishnoun
An instance of seeking something.
Fishnoun
(obsolete) A counter, used in various games.
Fishverb
(intransitive) To hunt fish or other aquatic animals.
Fishverb
(transitive) To search (a body of water) for something other than fish.
Fishverb
(intransitive) To (attempt to) find or get hold of an object by searching among other objects.
Fishverb
To talk to people in an attempt to get them to say something.
Fishverb
Of a batsman, to attempt to hit a ball outside off stump and miss it.
Fishverb
(nautical) To repair a spar or mast by fastening a beam or other long object (often called a fish) over the damaged part (see Noun above).
Fishnoun
A counter, used in various games.
Fishnoun
A name loosely applied in popular usage to many animals of diverse characteristics, living in the water.
Fishnoun
An oviparous, vertebrate animal usually having fins and a covering scales or plates. It breathes by means of gills, and lives almost entirely in the water. See Pisces.
Fishnoun
The twelfth sign of the zodiac; Pisces.
Fishnoun
The flesh of fish, used as food.
Fishnoun
A purchase used to fish the anchor.
Fishverb
To attempt to catch fish; to be employed in taking fish, by any means, as by angling or drawing a net.
Fishverb
To seek to obtain by artifice, or indirectly to seek to draw forth; as, to fish for compliments.
Fishverb
To catch; to draw out or up; as, to fish up an anchor.
Fishverb
To search by raking or sweeping.
Fishverb
To try with a fishing rod; to catch fish in; as, to fish a stream.
Fishverb
To strengthen (a beam, mast, etc.), or unite end to end (two timbers, railroad rails, etc.) by bolting a plank, timber, or plate to the beam, mast, or timbers, lengthwise on one or both sides. See Fish joint, under Fish, n.
Fishnoun
any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills;
Fishnoun
the flesh of fish used as food;
Fishnoun
(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Pisces
Fishnoun
the twelfth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about February 19 to March 20
Fishverb
seek indirectly;
Fishverb
catch or try to catch fish or shellfish;
Fishnoun
a limbless cold-blooded vertebrate animal with gills and fins living wholly in water
Fishnoun
the flesh of fish as food
Fishnoun
the zodiacal sign or constellation Pisces.
Fishnoun
used in names of invertebrate animals living wholly in water, e.g. cuttlefish, shellfish, jellyfish.
Fishnoun
a torpedo.
Fishnoun
a person who is strange in a specified way
Fishnoun
a flat plate that is fixed on a beam or across a joint in order to give additional strength.
Fishnoun
a long, slightly curved piece of wood that is lashed to a ship's damaged mast or spar as a temporary repair.
Fishverb
catch or try to catch fish, typically by using a net or hook and line
Fishverb
catch or try to catch fish in (a particular body of water)
Fishverb
search by groping or feeling for something concealed
Fishverb
try subtly or deviously to elicit a response or some information from someone
Fishverb
pull or take something out of water or a receptacle
Fishverb
mend or strengthen with a fish.
Fishverb
join (rails in a railway track) with a fishplate.
Fish
Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups.