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# kitten

«kitten» in Mova's school dictionary: **a young cat** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a kitten, kittens)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A kitten is a young cat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kitten/#m1)

2) Kitten can be a loving name for something small and cute. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kitten/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons about life cycles, a cat grows from a kitten into an adult cat; kittens are mammals that drink their mother's milk. In pet care, kittens need food, warmth, play, a litter tray and visits to the vet. In stories, a kitten often stands for something small, playful or helpless. Phrases: a litter of kittens, as weak as a kitten, have kittens (be very worried, informal).

### examples

- Our cat had four kittens. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kitten/#x1)
- The kitten chased a ball of wool. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kitten/#x2)
- Kittens open their eyes when they are about a week or two old. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kitten/#x3)
- Be gentle when you pick up a kitten. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kitten/#x4)
- A kitten needs a warm, safe place to sleep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kitten/#x5)
- The kitten grew into a big ginger cat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kitten/#x6)
- Only by night did she creep out unseen to procure food for her kittens. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kitten/#x7)

### note

Plural kittens. A group of kittens born together is a litter. Young of other animals: puppy (dog), cub (lion, bear), calf (cow), foal (horse). Kittens should not drink cow's milk; it can upset their tummies.

### In the corpora

- [Bots are good at giving long lists of ideas quickly, such as names for a kitten.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/6-why-the-bot-agrees-too-easily/9/)
- [A cat with its tail held straight up is friendly and greeting you, the way kittens greet their mother.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/199-cat-body-language-and-cat-myths-milk-nine-lives-and-landing-on-their-feet/4/)
- [A kitten is a tiny hunter in training.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/327-a-kitten-at-home-litter-trays-scratching-posts-and-play/0/)
- [Kittens and puppies spend even more time in this busy sleep than grown-up cats and dogs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/391-do-animals-dream-twitching-dogs-replaying-rats-and-colour-changing-octopuses/11/)
- [Read this: «Nell found the stray kitten behind the bins.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/22-reading-a-story-characters-plot-and-setting/1/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «kitten» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kitten/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.