Definition of Animal in English :

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Animal meaning in English

Meaning of Animal in English

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Animal

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Noun

1. animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna

a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

Adjective

2. animal, carnal, fleshly, sensual

marked by the appetites and passions of the body

Example Sentences:
'animal instincts'
'carnal knowledge'
'fleshly desire'
'a sensual delight in eating'
'music is the only sensual pleasure without vice'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Animal

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noun
1. zoology
any living organism characterized by voluntary movement, the possession of cells with noncellulose cell walls and specialized sense organs enabling rapid response to stimuli, and the ingestion of complex organic substances such as plants and other animals
▶ Related prefix: zoo-
2. 
any mammal, esp any mammal other than a human
3. 
a brutish person
4. facetious
a person or thing (esp in the phrase no such animal)
5. Australian informal
a very dirty car
adjective
6. 
of, relating to, or derived from animals
animal products
an animal characteristic
7. 
of or relating to the physical needs or desires; carnal; sensual

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Animal

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noun
1. 
any of a kingdom (Animalia) of eukaryotes generally characterized by a multicellular body, the ability to move quickly and obtain food, specialized sense organs, and sexual reproduction
2. 
any such organism other than a human being, esp. a mammal or, often, any four-footed creature
3. 
a brutish, debased, or inhuman person
4.  Informal
a person, thing, concept, etc. thought of as a kind or type
today's athlete is another animal altogether
adjective
5. 
of, like, or derived from animals
6. 
physical rather than mental or spiritual; specif., sensual, gross, bestial, etc.

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Animal

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n.
1. Any of numerous multicellular eukaryotic organisms of the kingdom Metazoa (or Animalia) that ingest food rather than manufacturing it themselves and are usually able to move about during at least part of their life cycle. Sponges, jellyfishes, flatworms, mollusks, arthropods, and vertebrates are animals.
2. An animal organism other than a human, especially a mammal.
3. A person who behaves in a bestial or brutish manner.
4. A human considered with respect to his or her physical nature, as opposed to rational or spiritual nature.
5. A person having a specified aptitude or set of interests: "that rarest of musical animals, an instrumentalist who is as comfortable on a podium with a stick as he is playing his instrument" (Lon Tuck).
adj.
1. Relating to, characteristic of, or derived from an animal or animals, especially when not human: animal cells; animal welfare.
2. Relating to the physical as distinct from the rational or spiritual nature of people: animal instincts and desires.

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