cat

The animals are believed to be one of the oldest living cat species and are native to the dry, rocky areas of Central Asia.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

People sprinkled cat litter, got mats out of their own vehicles to place under the tires.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

He showed up a minute later, eyeing the contents of my shopping cart and used the cat food in it as an icebreaker to ask about my cat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

Enter Sleek, the crabby tabby cat, and the Rev. Vicarious Cronch, the biblically recondite goat: interlocutors, speaking beasts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

“But most cat trainers will tell you that getting mauled is not a matter of if. It’s a matter of when and how bad the mauling is going to be.”

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith

Katie Smith, 29, from Swindon, has two cats - Pumpkin and Pippin - in her rental home.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

Some evacuees have brought their cats and dogs with them, and bags of pet food and cat litter have been made available.

From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026

"They didn't do anything for the cats, but they told me I had get out of the house one way or the other."

From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026

I said I had five cats, which was true if you included the semi-feral ones who show up every day for their third or fourth meal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

The monster was as big as twenty cats, and it stood on two legs.

From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth

Last week, he was catted by the Association of German Friends of Cats, and by Herr Victor Fraenkl, chairman of the German League for Animal Rights, one of the Association's principal spokesmen.

From Time Magazine Archive

The next instant, Mr. Leach reported the anchor catted and fished.

From Homeward Bound or, the Chase by Cooper, James Fenimore

Soon after a tug came alongside, the line was passed over to her, the anchor catted and the Pilgrim stood away on her voyage.

From The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World by Boyton, Paul

I catted them till they wuz cured thereof; for lo! they wuz ez a child under my care.

From "Swingin Round the Cirkle." His Ideas Of Men, Politics, And Things, As Set Forth In His Letters To The Public Press, During The Year 1866. by Nast, Thomas

A strong hook which is a continuation of the iron strop of the cat-block, used to hook the ring of the anchor when it is to be drawn up or catted.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir

He was a Viet Nam Vet who had been "catting" on the city streets for years.

From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2016

The lads up front have got their sprint on at the top and after some catting and mousing they finish the San Mauro Cilento in the following order: Wauters, Boaro and Taborre.

From The Guardian ● May 6, 2013

We’ve been laying our voices down, catting and scatting, and following variations of the same notes for so long we didn’t always know we were doing it.

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia

The long-drawn wails, giving the time for the pull of the men catting the anchor, came to an end, and he lowered his voice.

From Lord Jim by Conrad, Joseph

The order to walk along briskly with a tackle fall, as catting the anchor, &c.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir