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# tom

«tom» in Mova's school dictionary: **A male cat; also a tomcat** — 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 tom, toms); name (Tom)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A male cat; also a tomcat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tom/#m1)

2) The male of some other animals, such as a turkey. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tom/#m2)

3) (a name) Tom is a boy's name, short for Thomas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tom/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In nature lessons, a male cat is a tom, a female is a queen, a baby is a kitten. «Tom Thumb», «Tom Kitten», «Tom Sawyer» are famous story characters. Phrases: «tomcat», «tom turkey», «peeping Tom» (someone who spies).

### examples

- The tom fought with the cat next door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tom/#x1)
- Our tomcat comes home every morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tom/#x2)
- A male turkey is called a tom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tom/#x3)
- Tom is my best friend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tom/#x4)
- Tom Thumb was no bigger than his father's thumb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tom/#x5)
- The old tom slept on the wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tom/#x6)
- Toms often roam far from home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tom/#x7)
- "Miaou!" said Old Tom in answer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tom/#x8)

### note

As a name, write «Tom» with a capital. Female cat = queen; male = tom.

### In the corpora

- [People of all ages knit; the British Olympic diver Tom Daley was filmed knitting between events at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/31-crafts-paper-clay-sewing-knitting-slime/11/)
- [And Tom's saucer of milk?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/118-tom-and-jerry-do-real-cats-chase-mice/4/)
- [In Tom and Jerry, Tom crashes around the house after Jerry and never wins.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/198-cats-as-hunters-presents-on-the-doormat-and-why-tom-never-catches-jerry/2/)
- [And Tom and Jerry?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/237-animal-minds-what-dogs-and-cats-feel-and-understand-and-do-cats-really-chase-mice/3/)
- [Tom never catches Jerry, cartoon cats lap saucers of milk, and they always land on their feet.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/294-cats-through-history-egypt-s-sacred-cats-ship-cats-and-tom-and-jerry/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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