animal meaning in English — animal, beast

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.

animal is used for these senses in English:

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.
beast A person who behaves in a violent, antisocial or uncivilized manner.

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.

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.

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