eläin — meaning in English

English meaning

• animal noun A living, moving organism that feeds on other organisms rather than making its own food, as distinct from plants and fungi.
• brute noun A rough, violent, or unthinking person.
• thing noun Any object, item, or entity that isn't named more specifically.

Senses

eläin is used for these senses in English:

• animal Of or relating to animals.
• animal Raw, base, unhindered by social codes.
• animal (science) 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).
• animal (figuratively) A person who behaves wildly; a bestial, brutal, brutish, cruel, or inhuman person.
• brute (archaic) An animal seen as being without human reason; a senseless beast. [from 17th c.]
• thing A living being or creature.

animal — full definition

1. noun A living, moving organism that feeds on other organisms rather than making its own food, as distinct from plants and fungi.
2. noun Any creature other than a human, especially a mammal.
3. noun Informal: a person who acts in a wild, brutal, or uncontrolled way.
4. adj Relating to animals, or driven by raw physical instinct rather than reason.

brute — full definition

1. noun A rough, violent, or unthinking person.
2. adjective Purely physical, with no reasoning or subtlety involved.

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