ANIMAL | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of animal in English animalnoun [ C ] uk /ˈæn.ɪ.məl/ us /ˈæn.ɪ.məl/

animal noun [C] (CREATURE)

Add to word list Add to word list A1 something that lives and moves but is not a human, bird, fish, or insect: wild/domestic animals Both children are real animal lovers.animal welfare Surveys show that animal welfare has recently become a major concern for many schoolchildren. B2 anything that lives and moves, including people, birds, etc.: Humans, insects, reptiles, birds, and mammals are all animals.

• The panda is becoming an increasingly rare animal.
• The farmer was accused of cruelty to animals.
• Some animals hunt at night.
• These remote islands are inhabited only by birds and small animals.
• Personally, I don't think animals should be killed for their fur.

Plants & animals - general words

• acidophilic
• animal kingdom
• animality
• anti-parasitic
• autotroph
• epiphytically
• esculent
• family
• family of something
• fauna
• migrant
• natively
• non-mammalian
• non-placental
• omnivore
• scavenger
• secondary consumer
• songster
• sporozoan
• terrestrially

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animal noun [C] (BAD PERSON)

informal an unpleasant, cruel person or someone who behaves badly: He's a real animal when he's had too much to drink.

animal noun [C] (TYPE)

used to describe what type of person or thing someone or something is: different animal Feminism in France and England are rather different animals (= are different).rare animal She is that rare animal (= she is very unusual), a brilliant scientist who can communicate her ideas to ordinary people. I had little problem getting through high school, but university was a whole other animal. At heart she is a political animal. Categories and varieties

• bad/big boy idiom
• brand
• breed
• categoric
• categorical
• category
• classification
• derivative
• hue
• incarnation
• manner
• mark
• misclassification
• model
• mould
• new breed
• not for the likes of someone phrase
• polymorphism
• run
• update

See more results » animaladjective uk /ˈæn.ɪ.məl/ us /ˈæn.ɪ.məl/

animal adjective (FROM ANIMALS)

made or obtained from an animal or animals: animal products animal fat/skins relating to, or taking the form of, an animal or animals rather than a plant or human being: animal life The island was devoid of all animal life (= there were no animals on the island). Plants & animals - general words

• acidophilic
• animal kingdom
• animality
• anti-parasitic
• autotroph
• epiphytically
• esculent
• family
• family of something
• fauna
• migrant
• natively
• non-mammalian
• non-placental
• omnivore
• scavenger
• secondary consumer
• songster
• sporozoan
• terrestrially

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animal adjective (PHYSICAL)

[ before noun ] relating to physical desires or needs, and not spiritual or mental ones: As an actor, he has a sort of animal magnetism. She knew that Dave wasn't the right man for her but she couldn't deny the animal attraction between them. The body

• anatomy
• animality
• animally
• axial
• basal
• biodynamics
• definition
• dorsoventral
• ectomorph
• ectomorphic
• endomorph
• endomorphic
• frame
• physical
• physically
• somatic
• somatically
• somatotype
• somite
• venter

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animal | American Dictionary

animalnoun [ C ] us /ˈæn·ə·məl/

animal noun [C] (LIVING THING)

Add to word list Add to word list a living thing that can move and eat and react to the world through its senses, esp. of sight and hearing: Mammals, insects, reptiles, and birds are all animals. In ordinary use, animal means all living beings except humans: A lion is a wild animal, and a dog is a domestic animal. Tests of the drug were done on laboratory animals. An animal is also a person who likes something or does something more than most people do: a party animal He’s the most political animal on the city council.

animal noun [C] (GROUP)

[ U ]   biology us /ˈæn·ə·məl/ one of five kingdoms (= groups) into which living things are divided, the members of which have many cells, have the ability to control their own movement, and get their energy from eating rather than from the light of the sun animaladjective [ not gradable ] us /ˈæn·ə·məl/

animal adjective [not gradable] (PHYSICAL)

relating to physical needs or desires, such as to eat or reproduce: Animal instincts apply to all animals, including humans. (Definition of animal from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of animal?

Translations of animal

in Chinese (Traditional) 生物, （除人、鳥、魚和昆蟲之外的）動物, 獸… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 生物, （除人、鸟、鱼和昆虫之外的）动物, 兽… See more in Spanish animal, bestia, de animales… See more in Portuguese animal, bicho, besta… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian प्राणी, माणूस, पक्षी… See more （人間・鳥類・魚・昆虫以外の）動物, けもの, （人間・鳥、等を含む）動物… See more hayvan, yaşayan canlılar, hayvan gibi kimse… See more animal [masculine], animal… See more animal… See more dier, dierlijk… See more வாழும் மற்றும் நகரக்கூடிய ஒன்று, ஆனால் ஒரு மனிதனோ, பறவையோ… See more पशु, जानवर, जीव… See more પ્રાણી, સજીવ, જીવંત… See more dyr, dyrisk… See more levande varelse, djur… See more haiwan, tingkah laku haiwan… See more das Lebewesen, das Tier, Tier-…… See more dyr [neuter], levende vesen [neuter], dyr… See more جانور… See more тварина… See more జంతువు, జీవం ఉండి కదిలేది కానీ మనిషి, పక్షి… See more প্রাণী, পশু, এমন কিছু যা বেঁচে আছে এবং চলাফেরা করে… See more živočich, zvíře, zvířecí… See more hewan, binatang… See more สัตว์… See more động vật, loài động vật… See more zwierzę, zwierzęcy… See more (사람, 조류, 식물… See more animale, essere animale… See more Need a translator?

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  • Noun 
    • animal (CREATURE)
    • animal (BAD PERSON)
    • animal (TYPE)
  • Adjective 
    • animal (FROM ANIMALS)
    • animal (PHYSICAL)
• American   
  • Noun 
    • animal (LIVING THING)
    • animal (GROUP)
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    • animal (PHYSICAL)

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