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Overview of adj inanimate

      »   The adj inanimate has 3 meanings (first 1 from tagged texts)

• inanimate -- (Belonging1.) Belonging -- (happiness felt in a secure relationship; "with his classmates he felt a sense of belonging")
  
  1.) Belong -- (be owned by; be in the possession of; "This book belongs to me")
  
  belonging to the Class1.) Class, social class, socio-economic class -- (people having the same social or economic status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class")
  
  2.) Class, form, grade -- (a body of students who are taught together; "early morning classes are always sleepy")
  
  class of Nouns1.) Noun -- (a word that can be used to refer to a person or place or thing)
  
  2.) Noun -- (a word that can serve as the subject or object of a verb)
  
  nouns denoting Nonliving1.) Inanimate, nonliving, non-living, dead -- (not endowed with life; "the inorganic world is inanimate"; "inanimate objects"; "dead stones")
  
  nonliving things; "the Word1.) Word -- (a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning")
  
  2.) Word -- (a brief statement; "he didn't say a word about it")
  
  word `car' is inanimate")

• inanimate, Nonliving1.) Inanimate, nonliving, non-living, dead -- (not endowed with life; "the inorganic world is inanimate"; "inanimate objects"; "dead stones")
  
  nonliving, non-living, Dead1.) Dead -- (people who are no longer living; "they buried the dead")
  
  2.) Dead -- (a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense; "the dead of winter")
  
  dead -- (not Endowed1.) Endow, indue, gift, empower, invest, endue -- (give qualities or abilities to)
  
  2.) Endow, dower -- (furnish with an endowment; "When she got married, she got dowered")
  
  endowed with Life1.) Life -- (a characteristic state or mode of living; "social life"; "city life"; "real life")
  
  2.) Life -- (the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living; "he hoped for a new life in Australia"; "he wanted to live his own life without interference from others")
  
  life; "the Inorganic1.) Inorganic -- (relating or belonging to the class of compounds not having a carbon basis; "hydrochloric and sulfuric acids are called inorganic substances")
  
  2.) Inorganic -- (lacking the properties characteristic of living organisms)
  
  inorganic world is inanimate"; "inanimate objects"; "Dead1.) Dead -- (people who are no longer living; "they buried the dead")
  
  2.) Dead -- (a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense; "the dead of winter")
  
  dead stones")

• breathless, inanimate, Pulseless1.) Breathless, inanimate, pulseless -- (appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse; "an inanimate body"; "pulseless and dead")
  
  pulseless -- (Appearing1.) Appearance, appearing, coming into court -- (formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action)
  
  1.) Look, appear, seem -- (give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect; "She seems to be sleeping"; "This appears to be a very difficult problem"; "This project looks fishy"; "They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time")
  
  appearing dead; not Breathing1.) Breathing, external respiration, respiration, ventilation -- (the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation)
  
  1.) Breathe, take a breath, respire, suspire -- (draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring")
  
  breathing or having no Perceptible1.) Perceptible -- (capable of being perceived by the mind or senses; "a perceptible limp"; "easily perceptible sounds"; "perceptible changes in behavior")
  
  2.) Perceptible -- (easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind; "a perceptible sense of expectation in the court"; "an obvious (or palpable) lie")
  
  perceptible pulse; "an inanimate body"; "Pulseless1.) Breathless, inanimate, pulseless -- (appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse; "an inanimate body"; "pulseless and dead")
  
  pulseless and dead")