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kale | kate |

As a noun kale

is horse (equus caballus ).

As an adjective kate is

.

kale

English

(wikipedia kale)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • An edible plant, similar to cabbage, with curled leaves that do not form a dense head ( )
  • (slang) money
  • * {{quote-book
  • , year=1921 , year_published=2012 , edition=HTML , author=(Edgar Rice Burroughs) , title=The Efficiency Expert citation , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , passage=I’ll bet he takes nine-tenths of his kale from women and children, and he’s an honored citizen. }}
  • Any of several cabbage-like food plants that are kinds of Brassica oleracea .
  • Synonyms

    * borecole

    Anagrams

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    kate

    English

    (wikipedia Kate)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A medieval pet form of Catherine and related names. Also used as a formal female given name.
  • * ~~1594 William Shakespeare: The Taming of the Shrew : Act II, Scene I:
  • Petruchio .Good morrow, Kate ; for that's your name, I hear.
    Katharina .Well have you heard, but something hard of hearing: / They call me Katharine that do talk of me.
    Petruchio''.You lie, in faith; for you are call'd plain Kate''', / And bonny '''Kate''', and sometimes ' Kate the curst;
  • * 1830 Mary Russell Mitford: Our Village: Fourth Series: Cottage Names:
  • A great number of children, amongst the lower classes, are Carolines. - - - A clergyman in my neighbourhood used to mistake the sound, and christen the babies Catharine; - a wise error, for Kate is a noble abbreviation.
  • * 1944 A.J.Cronin: The Green Years .Little, Brown, and Company, 1944. page 62:
  • "And I have such a horrible name. Think of it... Kate . Who would take Kate on a Moonlight Cruise...or out to the Minstrels at the point. If you ever do find me in the company of a strange young man, call me Irene. Promise me."