cat in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
cat in Malayalam മലയാളം
cat in English
- cat⇄cat (1), noun, verb, catted,catting.
- cat⇄cat (2), noun.
a caterpillar tractor.
Ex. The cats drag the logs to loading points, leaving deep gouges in the scarred earth (Atlantic). - CAT⇄CAT(no periods),
1. clear air turbulence.
Ex. CAT is not the usual turbulence associated with storms, but freakish vertical updrafts and downdrafts that occur without warning at the altitudes used by jets (Science News).
2. (British.) C - Cat⇄Cat, noun.
(Trademark.) =Caterpillar. - cat⇄expr. bell the cat, to undertake to do something dangerous.
Ex. Who will bell the cat? Clearly the U.N. was in no position to ""bell"" such a formidable and predatory cat. - cat⇄expr. cat around, (Slang.) to seek aimlessly for amusement.
Ex. Instead of finding a job, he wasted his time catting around. - cat⇄expr. let the cat out of the bag, to tell a secret.
Ex. It was supposed to be a surprise party, but he said something that let the cat out of the bag. - cat⇄expr. put (or set) the cat among the pigeons, (British Informal.) to pit enemies against each other; set the stage for an inevitable fight.
Ex. [He] set the cat among the pigeons when he suggested ... that in certain circumstances a sovereign Gover - cat⇄expr. rain cats and dogs, to pour down rain very hard.
Ex. I know Sir John will go, though he was sure it would rain cats and dogs (Jonathan Swift). - cat⇄expr. the cat's pajamas (or whiskers), (Slang.) something considered outstanding; the most.
Ex. If you're a painter, you're ... the cat's pajamas, you are it (Delmore Schwartz). ""It's a big advantage being English--they think I'm the cat's whisker - cat⇄expr. turn cat in the pan, to change one's views or position, or change sides, for personal advantage.
Ex. God saith, 'Cry, cease not', but they turn cat in the pan, and say 'Cease, cry not' (Thomas Becon). - cat⇄expr. which way (or how) the cat jumps, what direction events are taking.
Ex. He understood so well which side his bread was buttered, and which way the cat jumped (Charles Kingsley). - cat⇄noun 1a. a small, four-footed, furry mammal, often kept as a pet or for catching mice and rats.
Ex. The neighbors took in a stray cat. The mechanism which enables us to experience colour is lacking in cats (Katharine Tansley).
b. any animal - cat⇄palm civet orcat
any one of certain long-tailed civets, that live mainly in trees, are found in Asia and Africa, and are about the size of the domestic cat with spotted or striped fur and a long tail; paradoxure. - cat⇄saber-toothed tiger orcat
a large, extinct, catlike carnivorous mammal whose upper canine teeth were very long and curved. There were several kinds. - cat⇄sabre-toothed tiger orcat
a large, extinct, catlike carnivorous mammal whose upper canine teeth were very long and curved. There were several kinds. - cat⇄v.i. (British Slang.) to vomit.
- cat⇄v.t. 1. to hoist (an anchor) and fasten to a beam on the ship's side.
2. to flog with the cat-o'-nine-tails.