ANIMAL


Meaning of ANIMAL in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ dead , live , living

the export of live ~s for slaughter

▪ cold-blooded , warm-blooded

▪ higher , lower

▪ dumb

▪ stuffed

glass cases of stuffed ~s

She sleeps with lots of stuffed ~s.

▪ furry

▪ dangerous

▪ endangered , rare

▪ extinct

▪ social , solitary

▪ tame

▪ feral , stray , wild

▪ exotic

▪ non-human ( technical )

research with humans and non-human ~s

▪ caged , trapped , wounded ( often figurative )

He was pacing the room like a caged ~.

▪ barnyard ( AmE ), companion , domestic , domesticated , farm , lab ( informal , esp. AmE ), laboratory , zoo

▪ aquatic , forest , land , marine

▪ draught/draft , pack

pack ~s such as mules

VERB + ANIMAL

▪ have , keep

In court he was banned from keeping ~s.

▪ breed , raise , rear ( esp. BrE )

~s bred in captivity

▪ clone

Most cloned ~s die at a premature age.

▪ feed

The ~s were fed only on pasture.

▪ tame , train

This ~ can be trained to follow simple orders.

▪ hunt , trap

▪ butcher , kill , slaughter

▪ sacrifice

ANIMAL + NOUN

▪ life , species

▪ behaviour/behavior , instinct

▪ lover

▪ husbandry

▪ experimentation , experiments , testing , tests

protests against ~ experiments

▪ cruelty

▪ rights , welfare

▪ fat , products

PHRASES

▪ the ~ kingdom , the ~ world

the wonders of the ~ kingdom

▪ a species of ~

II.

adj.

Animal is used with these nouns: ↑ cunning , ↑ instinct , ↑ lust , ↑ magnetism , ↑ passion

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