Tier — 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.
• 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

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.

beast — full definition

1. noun A large or dangerous four-footed animal.
2. noun A cruel, violent, or uncivilized person.
3. noun Informally, someone or something remarkably powerful, impressive, or difficult.

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