Tier — meaning in English
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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.
- beast noun A large or dangerous four-footed animal.
- bruiser noun A big, physically tough person, especially one prone to rough treatment of others.
- brute noun A rough, violent, or unthinking person.
- critter noun An informal word for a living creature, especially an animal.
Senses
Tier is used for these senses in English:
- Beast (biblical) A figure in the Book of Revelation (Apocalypse), often identified with Satan or the Antichrist.
- animal Of or relating to animals.
- 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).
- beast (often, _, collective) All non-human animals seen as a group.
- beast (chiefly in Commonwealth English, more specifically) A domestic animal, especially a bovine farm animal.
- bruiser (sports) In contact sports, an athlete whose size, strength, and/or aggressiveness make it likely that they will cause athletes on the opposing team to suffer physical punishment.
- brute A person with the characteristics of an unthinking animal; a coarse or brutal person, particularly one who is dim-witted. [from 17th c.]
- critter (usually, affectionate, US, Australia) A creature, an animal.
animal — full definition
- noun A living, moving organism that feeds on other organisms rather than making its own food, as distinct from plants and fungi.
- noun Any creature other than a human, especially a mammal.
- noun Informal: a person who acts in a wild, brutal, or uncontrolled way.
- adj Relating to animals, or driven by raw physical instinct rather than reason.
beast — full definition
- noun A large or dangerous four-footed animal.
- noun A cruel, violent, or uncivilised person.
- noun Informally, someone or something remarkably powerful, impressive, or difficult.