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animal
/ˈænəməl/
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What does animal mean?
noun
- A multicellular organism of the kingdom Animalia that is usually mobile, with cells that are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing them from plants and fungi) and derives energy solely from the consumption of other organisms.
- Any member of the kingdom Animalia other than a human.
- A higher animal; an animal related to humans.
More meanings (13)
noun
- A tetrapod; a land-dwelling nonhuman vertebrate.
- A warm-blooded animal; a mammal or bird.
- A non-human mammal.
- (informal) A person of a particular type specified by an adjective.
- (informal) Matter, thing.
- (slang) A fan of Kesha, an American singer.
- (derogatory, figuratively) A person who behaves wildly; a bestial, brutal, brutish, cruel, or inhuman person.
- (derogatory, figuratively) A person who overeats or eats rapidly and noisily.
adjective
- Of or relating to animals.
- Raw, base, unhindered by social codes.
- Pertaining to the spirit or soul; relating to sensation or innervation.
- (slang) Excellent.
proper noun
- A nickname given to people, especially wild people.
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IPA pronunciation
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The steady level of good health gave them all that natural stimulus we used to call “animal spirits”--an odd contradiction in terms.
“Dumb” beast suggests an animal that has no thought-machinery, no understanding, no speech, no way of communicating what is in its mind.
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As the horseman wheeled his animal and galloped away he turned to shout over his shoulder, “Don’t forget that box of cigars!”
It was a party of belated hunters returning from the north, and among them they half led, half carried a struggling animal.
They were desirous, however, of ascertaining how this little animal, least of all others subject to giddiness, would endure this experimental voyage.