Analysis of Cats' Daily Habits and Characteristics

noun

1. the act of hearing attentively

e.g. you can learn a lot by just listening
they make good music--you should give them a hearing

Synonym: listening

2. (law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence

3. the ability to hear
the auditory faculty

e.g. his hearing was impaired

Synonym: auditionauditory sensesense of hearingauditory modality

4. a session (of a committee or grand jury) in which witnesses are called and testimony is taken

e.g. the investigative committee will hold hearings in Chicago

5. the range within which a voice can be heard

e.g. the children were told to stay within earshot

Synonym: earshotearreach

6. an opportunity to state your case and be heard

e.g. they condemned him without a hearing
he saw that he had lost his audience

Synonym: audience

noun

1. euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)

e.g. she was laid to rest beside her husband
they had to put their family pet to sleep

Synonym: resteternal resteternal sleepquietus

2. a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended

e.g. he didn't get enough sleep last night
calm as a child in dreamless slumber

Synonym: slumber

3. a torpid state resembling deep sleep

Synonym: sopor

4. a period of time spent sleeping

e.g. he felt better after a little sleep
there wasn't time for a nap

Synonym: nap

noun

1. an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)

Synonym: climbmounting

noun

1. the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows

Synonym: beatingthrashingdrubbinglacingtrouncingwhacking

2. an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest

e.g. it was a narrow defeat
the army's only defeat
they suffered a convincing licking

Synonym: defeat