Definition of "cater" in English

verb

1. To provide, particularly:

noun

1. (obsolete) Synonym of acater: an officer who purchased cates (food supplies) for the steward of a large household or estate.

2. (obsolete) Synonym of caterer: any provider of food.

3. (figurative, obsolete) Synonym of purveyor: any provider of anything.

verb

1. (UK dialect) To place, set, move, or cut diagonally or rhomboidally.

adverb

1. (UK dialect, US) Diagonally.

noun

1. (rare, obsolete) Four.

2. (card games, dice games, obsolete) The four of cards or dice.

3. (music) A method of ringing nine bells in four pairs with a ninth tenor bell.