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Kitten definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

KIT'TEN, n. kit'n. A young cat, or the young of the cat.
KIT'TEN, v.i. kit'n. To bring forth young, as a cat.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: young domestic cat [syn: kitten, kitty] v
1: have kittens; "our cat kittened again this year"

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English kitoun, from Anglo-French *kiton, chiton, diminutive of cat, chat cat, from Late Latin cattus Date: 14th century a young cat; also an immature or young individual of various other small mammals II. intransitive verb (kittened; kittening) Date: 15th century to give birth to kittens

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a young cat. 2 a young ferret etc. --v.intr. & tr. (of a cat etc.) give birth or give birth to. Phrases and idioms: have kittens Brit. colloq. be extremely upset, anxious, or nervous. Etymology: ME kito(u)n, ketoun f. OF chitoun, chetoun dimin. of chat CAT

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Kitten Kit"ten, n. [OE. kiton, a dim. of cat; cf. G. kitze a young cat, also a female cat, and F. chaton, dim. of chat cat, also E. kitling. See Cat.] A young cat.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Kitten Kit"ten, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Kittened; p. pr. & vb. n. Kittening.] To bring forth young, as a cat; to bring forth, as kittens. --Shak. H. Spencer.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(kittens) A kitten is a very young cat. N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

Cheshire cat, Chinchilla cat, Maltese cat, alley cat, bairn, be confined, bear, bear a child, bear young, birdling, blue cat, calf, calico cat, calve, cast, cat, catling, cherub, chick, chickling, chicky, child, chit, colt, cub, darling, dogie, drop, duckling, farrow, fawn, feline, fledgling, foal, fryer, gib, gib-cat, give birth, gosling, grimalkin, have, have a baby, have young, house cat, innocent, kid, kit, kitling, kitty, kitty-cat, labor, lamb, lambkin, lie in, litter, little bugger, little fellow, little guy, little innocent, little one, little tad, little tot, mite, mouser, nest, nestling, nipper, offspring, peewee, piglet, pigling, polliwog, pullet, pup, puppy, puss, pussy, pussycat, shaver, shoat, silver cat, tabby, tabby cat, tad, tadpole, throw, tiger cat, tom, tomcat, tortoise-shell cat, tot, travail, weaner, wee tot, whelp, yean, yeanling