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verb · transitive

cathead

cat·head

cathead · catheads · catheaded · catheading

Synonym of cat so that it hangs at the cathead”)Synonym of cat (“to hoist (an anchor) so that it hangs at the cathead (noun sense 1.1)”)

UK/ˈkæthɛd/US/ˈkætˌ(h)ɛd/

Meaning

1 senses

Synonym of cat (“to hoist (an anchor) so that it hangs at the cathead (noun sense 1.1)”)

Origin

The noun is derived from cat + head.

The noun is derived from cat + head.

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Forms

catheads, catheading, catheaded, catheaded

Base form	cathead · to cathead
3rd person singular	catheads
Present participle	catheading
Past simple	catheaded
Past participle	catheaded

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	cathead
he, she, it	catheads

Past simpleLesson

all persons

catheaded

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have catheaded
he, she, it	has catheaded

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will cathead

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

catfish catgirl cathartic cathedralB2 catheter cathode

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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