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animater definition
animater |
Overview of adj animate The adj animate has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) animate -- ((linguistics) belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings; "the word `dog' is animate") 2. animate -- (relating to animal life as distinct from plant life; "animate life") 3. animate -- (endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life; "we are animate beings") 4. sentient, animate -- (endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness; "the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage"- T.E.Lawrence) Antonyms of adj animate 3 of 4 senses of animate Sense 1 animate (vs. inanimate) inanimate (vs. animate) Sense 3 animate (vs. inanimate) inanimate (vs. animate), nonliving, dead => nonconscious Sense 4 sentient (vs. insentient), animate Similarity of adj animate 4 senses of animate Sense 1 animate (vs. inanimate) Sense 2 animate Pertains to noun animal (Sense 1) =>animal, animate being beast, brute, creature, fauna => organism, being living thing Sense 3 animate (vs. inanimate) Sense 4 sentient (vs. insentient), animate => sensate Attributes of adj animate 2 of 4 senses of animate Sense 3 animate (vs. inanimate) => animateness, aliveness, liveness Sense 4 sentient (vs. insentient), animate => sentience Familiarity of adj animate animate used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 4) Grep of adj animate animate animated exanimate inanimate Overview of adj animate The adj animate has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) animate -- ((linguistics) belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings; "the word `dog' is animate") 2. animate -- (relating to animal life as distinct from plant life; "animate life") 3. animate -- (endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life; "we are animate beings") 4. sentient, animate -- (endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness; "the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage"- T.E.Lawrence)
animater definition