dictionary definitions for "kitten"


From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Kitten \Kit"ten\ (k[i^]t"t'n), 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.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

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


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