We have to animate this scene by Friday!
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Animate
//ˈæn.ə.mət//
Synonyms for "animate" (347 found)
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Adjective(19 words)
call into beingcall into existencecantcapable of lifecheerchipperchirk upcommon gendercompelconceiveconsciousconsoledashingdrivedrive ondynamicdynamizeelectrifyemboldenembue
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encourageendow with lifeendowed with lifeenergizeenergizedenlivenedexaltexciteexhilarateexistentfemininefillipfirefire upflushforcefortifyforwardfosterfresh upfreshenfreshen upgalvanizegaygendergive a liftgive an impetusgive birthgive life togive momentumgladdengoadheartenheatimbueimpelin the fleshinanimateinciteinfectinflame
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Verb(40 words)
informinfuseinfuse life intoinjectinoculateinspiritinspiritedinstinct with lifeinterestinvigoratejazz upkeenkindlelivelivelylivenlivinglong livedlong-livedmasculine
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motivatemovemove to actionmovingnerveneuterorganicorganizedpep upperk uppertphysiologicalpick uppiquepowerpromotepropelprovokepumpput in motionquickquickenraisereanimaterecreaterefreshrefreshenregalereinforcereinvigoraterejoicerejoice the heartrenewresuscitaterevitalizereviverevivifyrouserousingsentientset agoingset goingset in motionset upsharpensnap upsparkspiritspirit upspiritedsprightlyspurspur onsteelstimulatestirstrengthentenacious of lifethrusturgevery much aliveviablevitalvitalizevivaciousvivifiedvivifywarmwhetwhip onzip upzoetic
Adjective(40 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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6 entriesTranslations
113 translations across 40 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- frymor adj (in grammar)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἔμψυχος adj (that which lives)
- ἔμψυχος adj (dynamic, energetic)
Arabic
2 entries- حَيّ adj (that which lives)
- عَاقِل adj (in grammar)
Armenian
1 entries- շնչավոր adj (in grammar)
Belarusian
3 entries- адушаўлёны adj (in grammar)
- жывы́ adj (that which lives)
- жывы́ adj (in grammar)
Bulgarian
4 entries- енерги́чен adj (dynamic, energetic)
- жив adj (that which lives)
- одушеве́н adj (that which lives)
- одушеве́н adj (in grammar)
Catalan
4 entries- animat adj (that which lives)
- animat adj (possessing the quality or ability of motion)
- animat adj (dynamic, energetic)
- animar verb (to impart motion or its appearance)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 有活力的 adj (dynamic, energetic)
- 有生命的 adj (that which lives)
- 有生的 adj (in grammar)
- 活的 adj (that which lives)
Czech
1 entries- životný adj (in grammar)
Danish
4 entries- besjælet adj (in grammar)
- levende adj (that which lives)
- animere verb (to impart motion or its appearance)
- tegne verb (to impart motion or its appearance)
Dutch
1 entries- bezield adj (in grammar)
Esperanto
2 entries- animita adj (possessing the quality or ability of motion)
- animi verb (to impart motion or its appearance)
Finnish
4 entries- eloisa adj (dynamic, energetic)
- elollinen adj (that which lives)
- elollinen adj (in grammar)
- elävä adj (that which lives)
French
2 entries- animé adj (in grammar)
- animer verb (to impart motion or its appearance)
Galician
1 entries- animado adj (that which lives)
German
4 entries- belebt adj (in grammar)
- beseelt adj (that which lives)
- bewegt adj (possessing the quality or ability of motion)
- lebendig adj (that which lives)
Greek
4 entries- έμψυχος adj (that which lives)
- ζωντανός adj (that which lives)
- ζωντανός adj (dynamic, energetic)
- ζωντανεύω verb (to impart motion or its appearance)
Ido
1 entries- animar verb (to impart motion or its appearance)
Irish
2 entries- beocht a chur i verb (to impart motion or its appearance)
- beoigh verb (to impart motion or its appearance)
Japanese
2 entries- アニメーション化す verb (to impart motion or its appearance)
- アニメ化す verb (to impart motion or its appearance)
Latin
4 entries- ambulans adj (possessing the quality or ability of motion)
- animālis adj (that which lives)
- animāns adj (that which lives)
- movens adj (possessing the quality or ability of motion)
Malagasy
1 entries- manetsika verb (to impart motion or its appearance)
Mongolian
1 entries- амьтай adj (in grammar)
Māori
1 entries- hākori verb (to impart motion or its appearance)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- levende adj (that which lives)
- animere verb (to impart motion or its appearance)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- levande adj (that which lives)
- animere verb (to impart motion or its appearance)
Old English
1 entries- cwic adj (that which lives)
Old Norse
1 entries- andligr adj (that which lives)
Polish
3 entries- żywotny adj (in grammar)
- żywy adj (that which lives)
- animować verb (to impart motion or its appearance)
Portuguese
4 entries- animado adj (that which lives)
- animado adj (possessing the quality or ability of motion)
- animado adj (dynamic, energetic)
- animado adj (in grammar)
Romanian
2 entries- anima verb (to impart motion or its appearance)
- însufleți verb (to impart motion or its appearance)
Russian
4 entries- talking etc. adj (dynamic, energetic)
- живо́й adj (that which lives)
- живо́й adj (dynamic, energetic)
- живо́й adj (in grammar)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- beothaich verb (to impart motion or its appearance)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- animírati verb (to impart motion or its appearance)
- аними́рати verb (to impart motion or its appearance)
Slovene
1 entries- živ adj (in grammar)
Spanish
3 entries- animado adj (that which lives)
- animado adj (possessing the quality or ability of motion)
- animar verb (to impart motion or its appearance)
Swedish
3 entries- besjälad adj (in grammar)
- levande adj (that which lives)
- animera verb (to impart motion or its appearance)
Turkish
4 entries- aktif adj (dynamic, energetic)
- canlı adj (that which lives)
- canlı adj (dynamic, energetic)
- canlı adj (in grammar)
Ukrainian
3 entries- живи́й adj (that which lives)
- живи́й adj (in grammar)
- істо́та adj (in grammar)
Welsh
1 entries- animeiddio verb (to impart motion or its appearance)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Whereas the junction is more stiff or rigid, the nexus is more pliable; it is, as it were, animate or articulated.
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In 1940, he went to work for filmmaker George Pal, and during World War II worked with director Frank Capra to animate training films for the U.S. military.
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"If one looks at the disposition of affairs in this world, one sees that all animate beings -from the weakest to the most powerful- are given some fitting form of sustenance."
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