Animal

['ænɪm(ə)l] or ['ænɪml]

Definition

(noun.) a living organism characterized by voluntary movement.

(adj.) marked by the appetites and passions of the body; 'animal instincts'; 'carnal knowledge'; 'fleshly desire'; 'a sensual delight in eating'; 'music is the only sensual pleasure without vice' .

Typist: Loretta--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) An organized living being endowed with sensation and the power of voluntary motion, and also characterized by taking its food into an internal cavity or stomach for digestion; by giving carbonic acid to the air and taking oxygen in the process of respiration; and by increasing in motive power or active aggressive force with progress to maturity.

(n.) One of the lower animals; a brute or beast, as distinguished from man; as, men and animals.

(a.) Of or relating to animals; as, animal functions.

(a.) Pertaining to the merely sentient part of a creature, as distinguished from the intellectual, rational, or spiritual part; as, the animal passions or appetites.

(a.) Consisting of the flesh of animals; as, animal food.

Inputed by Kirsten

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Creature, living being, created being.[2]. Beast, BRUTE, irrational creature, dumb creature, beast of the field, fowl of the air, denizen of the deep.

Inputed by Antonia

Definition

n. an organised being having life sensation and voluntary motion—it is distinguished from a plant which is organised and has life but not sensation or voluntary motion: the name sometimes implies the absence of the higher faculties peculiar to man.—adj. of or belonging to animals: sensual.—n. Animalisā′tion the act of converting into animal substance or of endowing with animal attributes: brutalisation.—v.t. An′imalise to endow with animal life: to convert into animal matter:—pr.p. an′imalīsing; pa.p. an′imalīsed.—n. An′imalism the state of being actuated by animal appetites only: the exercise or enjoyment of animal life as distinct from intellectual: brutishness: sensuality: (rare) a mere animal being.—adv. An′imally physically merely.—Animal spirits nervous force: exuberance of health and life: cheerful buoyancy of temper: (Milton) the spirit or principle of volition and sensation.

Typist: Rudy

Examples

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