Meaning of animal | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any member of the kingdom Animalia of multicellular organisms that are usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing them from plants and fungi) and which derive energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (further distinguishing them from plants).
2. A nickname given to people, especially wild people.
3. A fan of Kesha, an American singer.
   slang
4. Any of a wide variety of multicellular organisms, most of which have a digestive tract, a nervous system, the ability to move voluntarily, and specialized sensory organs for recognizing and responding to their environment. Animals cannot manufacture their own food and must feed on plants, other animals, or other organic matter. Animals are grouped as a separate kingdom in taxonomy.
5. Any member of the kingdom Animalia other than a human.
   broadly
6. Relating to the desires and appetites of the body:carnal, fleshly, physical, sensual.
7. A higher animal; an animal related to humans.
   broadly
8. an animal that eats only other animals. Tigers and lions are animal eaters. diervreter آكِل الحَيَوان хищник carnívoro šelma der Fleischfresser rovdyr σαρκοφάγοςcarnívoro lihasööja حیوان گوشتخوار petoeläin carnivoreטורף पशु खाने वाले žderač životinja húsevő karnivora kjötæta, rándÿr carnivoro 肉食獣 육식 동물 plėšrūnas plēsīgs dzīvnieks; plēsoņa pemangsa vleeseterrovdyr, kjøttetermięsożerny غوښه خوړونکی حیوان carnívoro carnivor хищник šelma mesojeda žival koji jede životinje rovdjur สัตว์กินเนื้อ et...
9. A tetrapod; a land-dwelling nonhuman vertebrate.
   broadly, colloquial
10. A warm-blooded animal; a mammal or bird.
    broadly
11. 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.
12. A non-human mammal.
    broadly
13. An animal organism other than a human, especially a mammal.
14. A person who behaves wildly; a bestial, brutal, brutish, cruel, or inhuman person.
    figuratively
15. A person who behaves in a bestial or brutish manner.
16. A person of a particular type specified by an adjective.
    informal
17. A human considered with respect to his or her physical nature, as opposed to rational or spiritual nature.
18. Matter, thing.
    informal
19. 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).
20. Relating to, characteristic of, or derived from an animal or animals, especially when not human: animal cells; animal welfare.

Equivalents

Examples

“Humans, like other animals, need air to breathe and food to eat.”

“It cannot be denied it [the chameleon] is (if not the moſt of any) a very abſtemious animall, and ſuch as by reaſon of its frigidity, paucity of bloud, and latitancy in the winter (about which time the obſervations are often made) will long ſubſist without a viſible ſuſtentation.”

“When he's hungry my toddler opens his mouth like an animal instead of asking us to feed him.”

“Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal.”

“I spent my summer studying the animals and birds of the two islands.”

“Birds are as popular as animals in the toy kingdom, especially pigeons, owls and domestic hens.”

““Long Story Short,” a new animated series from Raphael Bob-Waksberg with art by Lisa Hanawalt, trades the talking animals for kvetching humans.”

“My students are animals.”

“Own me, I'll let you play the role I'll be your animal”

“She speculated that things could deteriorate later: “I think they’re scared of the English, which is fair; we are animals.””

“He's a political animal.”

“a whole different animal”

“no such animal”

“For quotations using this term, see Citations:Animal.”

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