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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.
  • ogre noun A large, ugly, monstrous creature in folklore, known for its brutish strength and appetite for humans.
  • tyrant noun A ruler who governs cruelly and unfairly, often having seized power illegally.

Senses

best 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 (often, _, collective) All non-human animals seen as a group.
  • ogre (mythology) A type of brutish giant from folk tales that eats human flesh.
  • ogre (figuratively) A cruel person.
  • tyrant (by extension) Any person who abuses the power of position or office to treat others unjustly, cruelly, or harshly.

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 uncivilised person.
  3. noun Informally, someone or something remarkably powerful, impressive, or difficult.

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