noun
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
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.
Any member of the kingdom Animalia other than a human.
A higher animal; an animal related to humans.
When he's hungry my toddler opens his mouth like an animal instead of asking us to feed him.
A higher animal; an animal related to humans.
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.
A higher animal; an animal related to humans.
adj
Of or relating to animals.
animal instincts
The season has been most unfavourable to animal life; and I, who am merely animal, have suffered much by it.
Raw, base, unhindered by social codes.
animal passions
But the line also distills pop culture’s big commandment about sex to its animal essence: If you’re not screwing somebody, you’re nobody.
Pertaining to the spirit or soul; relating to sensation or innervation.
To explain what activated the flesh, ‘animal spirits’ were posited, superfine fluids which shuttled between the mind and the vitals, conveying messages and motion.
Excellent.
name
A nickname given to people, especially wild people.