cat
part of speech
noun (cat, cats)
meaning for a pupil
1) A cat is a small furry animal that people keep as a pet; it has whiskers, claws and a long tail. tree →
2) A cat is any animal of the cat family, like a lion, tiger or leopard («big cats»). tree →
sense in the lessons
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 →
- 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 →
- 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 →
- 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 →
- There are 4 cats. How many legs? tree →
- Each cat eats 2 cans of food a day. tree →
- She has 3 cats and 2 dogs. tree →
- 5 cats went outside. tree →
- The cat purred on my lap. tree →
- Lions and tigers are big cats. tree →
- It's raining cats and dogs! tree →
- Our cat catches mice. tree →
- Don't pull the cat's tail. tree →
- He let the cat out of the bag about the surprise. tree →
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 the corpora
- An AI that learned what cats look like can be fooled by something fluffy and cat-shaped, such as a slipper.
- On matters of taste, like cats versus dogs, there is no single right answer, so bots usually avoid taking sides.
- Cats are ambush hunters, and even well-fed pet cats still hunt because the urge to chase and pounce is built in.
- Keepers sometimes spray perfume or spices in an enclosure, because new smells give cats something to explore, like a new toy.
- Big cats play with balls, ropes and barrels, especially young ones, because play trains the moves they need for hunting.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «cat» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.