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US
/ˈænəməɫ/
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[ UK /ˈænɪməl/ ]
[ UK /ˈænɪməl/ ]
NOUN
- a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
ADJECTIVE
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marked by the appetites and passions of the body
carnal knowledge
a sensual delight in eating
music is the only sensual pleasure without vice
fleshly desire
animal instincts
How To Use animal In A Sentence
- Their dried dung is found everywhere, and is in many places the only fuel afforded by the plains; their skulls, which last longer than any other part of the animal, are among the most familiar of objects to the plainsman; their bones are in many districts so plentiful that it has become a regular industry, followed by hundreds of men (christened "bone hunters" by the frontiersmen), to go out with wagons and collect them in great numbers for the sake of the phosphates they yield; and Bad Lands, plateaus, and prairies alike, are cut up in all directions by the deep ruts which were formerly buffalo trails. VIII. The Lordly Buffalo
- We had engaged a very nice mare and stanhope, which we knew we could depend upon, when, the day before the race, the chestnut was declared lame, and not a presentable four-legged animal was to be hired in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846
- Animals are humanized, that is, the kinship between animal and human life is still keenly felt, and this reminds us of those early animistic interpretations of nature which subsequently led to doctrines of metempsychosis. The Art of the Story-Teller
- _ When a scirrhus affects any gland of no great extent or sensibility, it is, after a long period of time, liable to suppurate without inducing fever, like the indolent tumors of the conglobate or lymphatic glands above mentioned; whence collections of matter are often found after death both in men and other animals; as in the liver of swine, which have been fed with the grounds of fermented mixtures in the distilleries. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life
- And thus the Washington Post column on David's congressional testimony, where he is described "hunched" and said to have "barked," "growled" and "snarled" -- language you would use to describe an animal. Humanizing al Qaeda, Demonizing the Bush Team
- Khadse made headlines when he was brought in to trap panthers after 13 people were attacked and killed by the animals.
- If you place the access outside, be sure it is insulated and weatherstripped against both the elements and intrusion by insects or small animals.
- Like most pounds and animal welfare groups their policy is not to re-home puppies two weeks before Christmas.
- Lobsters, like all animals with exoskeletons, periodically shed their armor as they grow.
- What animal do you think is the most scary?