cat
/ˈkæt/ verb C2- To apply the `cat` command to (one or more files).
- To dump large amounts of data on (an unprepared target), usually with no intention of browsing it carefully.
He/she/it cats · Past catted · Past participle catted · -ing form catting
Verb forms
- Base form
- cat
- He/she/it
- cats
- Past
- catted
- Past participle
- catted
- -ing form
- catting
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
“Dinah’ll miss me very much to-night, I should think!” (Dinah was the cat.) “I hope they’ll remember her saucer of milk at tea-time.
And yet I wish I could show you our cat Dinah: I think you’d take a fancy to cats if you could only see her.
Alice replied eagerly, for she was always ready to talk about her pet: “Dinah’s our cat.
“Nobody seems to like her, down here, and I’m sure she’s the best cat in the world!
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