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animals

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for animals.

Editorial note

In the old testament they would sacrifice animals and use the blood of the animals to wash away sin.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

the tenth studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 21 January 1977, by Harvest Records and Columbia Records.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of animals gathered in one view.

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the tenth studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 21 January 1977, by Harvest Records and Columbia Records.

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"Animals" is a song by Canadian rock band Nickelback.

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the title of a performance by British comedian Ricky Gervais.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for animals.

N

the tenth studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 21 January 1977, by Harvest Records and Columbia Records.

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"Animals" is a song by Canadian rock band Nickelback.

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the title of a performance by British comedian Ricky Gervais.

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"Animals" was a Kevin Ayers Spanish single release.

Example sentences

1

In the old testament they would sacrifice animals and use the blood of the animals to wash away sin.

2

If they are all squirrels, what does it mean that there are very few badgers, a bunch of animals looking like badgers, and a bunch of squirrels.

3

People would sacrifice animals at the temple with a Priest and collect the blood to wash away their sins.

4

It's illegal to shoot animals from national parks and he was inside the park when they lured Cecil out.

5

This parasite is thought to make animals (from rats to humans) more docile, less aggressive, and possibly like cats more.

6

Perhaps changes in farming also contribute (are humans the only animals that pass on Malaria, or would cows work, too?).

7

Check to make sure there are no small children or cute animals behind the vehicle 2.

8

They're amazing animals, and really blow away the whole concept of invertebrates not having great intellects.

9

In my opinion, it should only be acceptable to kill animals in self defense.

10

Which gets confusing because it makes one wonder if all the squirrels are actually squirrels are a bunch of different animals in squirrel costumes.

11

That is far smaller than most of the animals that we hunt, kill, experiment on etc.

12

But if most squirrels are actually other animals in a squirrel costume, it gives a second level of reflection in the squirrel society as well.

Quote examples

1

Those I've discussed it with seem to almost unanimously agree that the wasteful aspect of "trophy hunting" exotic animals is what makes it particularly despicable.

2

Libertarianism's philosopher's are the unpopular clowns at the children's birthday party of society hoping that bending their "business innovation's" into balloon animals will convince the starving attendees to actually enjoy watching them eat all of the cake.

3

Simply because these animals are "out of sight", so we don't feel anything for them (that is why the animal industry fights so hard to make it difficult to film the atrocities - using ag-gag laws etc).

4

Might as well just pipe your data to /dev/null while ranting about how it's "web scale" while we both transform into 3D-animated bipedal animals and I resign from my job as programmer/sysadmin and go shovel pig shit for a living.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use animals in a sentence?

In the old testament they would sacrifice animals and use the blood of the animals to wash away sin.

What does animals mean?

the tenth studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 21 January 1977, by Harvest Records and Columbia Records.

What part of speech is animals?

animals is commonly used as N.