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# cat

noun (cat, cats)

«cat» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A cat is a small furry animal that people keep as a pet; it has whiskers, claws and a long tail. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cat/#m1)
2. A cat is any animal of the cat family, like a lion, tiger or leopard («big cats»). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cat/#m2)

### In the lessons

animals counted; legs, food per cat; in science, cats are mammals and hunters; phrases «let the cat out of the bag» (tell a secret), «raining cats and dogs» (raining hard), «curiosity killed the cat»

### Examples

- There are 4 cats. How many legs? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cat/#x1)
- Each cat eats 2 cans of food a day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cat/#x2)
- She has 3 cats and 2 dogs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cat/#x3)
- 5 cats went outside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cat/#x4)
- The cat purred on my lap. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cat/#x5)
- Lions and tigers are big cats. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cat/#x6)
- It's raining cats and dogs! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cat/#x7)
- Our cat catches mice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cat/#x8)
- Don't pull the cat's tail. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cat/#x9)
- He let the cat out of the bag about the surprise. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cat/#x10)

### Note

Just a thing counted; each cat has 4 legs. Trap: cats and dogs added together are «pets», not cats. A young cat is a kitten. Some people are allergic to cats.

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Here "wild-cats" are wild animals that live in ruined places. The prophets name them with jackals and ostriches to show a city left empty. In the primary lessons: animals counted; legs, food per cat; in science, cats are mammals and hunters; phrases «let the cat out of the bag» (tell a secret), «raining cats and dogs» (raining hard), «curiosity killed the cat»

### Examples

- As, according to the Sefer Yctzirah, it is possible to ex- press all numbers by the ten Sefirot"\*), we must demonstrate liow all numbers, even those higher tiian nine, may be indi- cated by the ten strokes. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cat/#x1)
- But wild-cats shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of ferrets; and ostriches shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there. (Prophets ISA.13.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cat/#x2)
- And the wild-cats shall meet with the jackals, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; yea, the night-monster shall repose there, and shall find her a place of rest. (Prophets ISA.34.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cat/#x3)
- Therefore the wild-cats with the jackals shall dwell there, and the ostriches shall dwell therein; and it shall be no more inhabited for ever, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation. (Prophets JER.50.39, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cat/#x4)

### Note

Just a thing counted; each cat has 4 legs. Trap: cats and dogs added together are «pets», not cats. A young cat is a kitten. Some people are allergic to cats.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cat» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cat/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cat» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cat.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «cat» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cat/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cat» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/cat.html) on Mova free.