Cat
To see a cat in your dream, signifies much misfortune, treachery, and bad luck.
However, for the cat lover, cats signify an independent spirit, feminine sexuality, creativity, and power.
If the cat is aggressive, then it suggests that you are having problems with the feminine aspect of yourself.
To dream that you chase the cat away, signifies that you will overcome your obstacles.
To hear the scream or the meowing of a cat, some false friend is using all the words and work at his command to do you harm.
To see a white cat in your dream, denotes that you are going through difficult times.
To see a black cat in your dream, indicates that you are experiencing some fear in using your psychic abilities and believing in your intuition. You may erroneously associate the black cat with evil, destruction, and bad luck.
Dictionary definition
- n. 1: feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats [syn: cat, true cat]
- 2: an informal term for a youth or man; "a nice guy"; "the guy's only doing it for some doll" [syn: guy, cat, hombre, bozo]
- 3: a spiteful woman gossip; "what a cat she is!"
- 4: the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant; "in Yemen kat is used daily by 85% of adults" [syn: kat, khat, qat, quat, cat, Arabian tea, African tea]
- 5: a whip with nine knotted cords; "British sailors feared the cat" [syn: cat-o'-nine-tails, cat]
- 6: a large tracked vehicle that is propelled by two endless metal belts; frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work [syn: Caterpillar, cat]
- 7: any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild [syn: big cat, cat]
- 8: a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross- sectional scans along a single axis [syn: computerized tomography, computed tomography, CT, computerized axial tomography, computed axial tomography, CAT]
- v. 1: beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails
- 2: eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night" [syn: vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up] [ant: keep down]