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- pronunciation:
- ae
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meIt
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
animates, animating, animated |
| definition 1: |
When something animates another thing, it starts it up and makes it move.
The sound of the car animated the sleeping dogs. They jumped up and started barking.- synonyms:
- spark
- similar words:
- inspire
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| definition 2: |
When people animate a figure in a cartoon, they make it look as if it is moving. They do this by creating many, many pictures that are only slightly different from each other. When a person looks from one picture to the next picture very quickly, it looks as if the figure in the pictures is moving.
Before the use of computers, it took many separate drawings to animate a cartoon figure. |
| definition 3: |
When people animate a movie, they fill it with drawn figures that look as if they can move.
It took many artists to animate the movie. |
| related words: |
stimulate, stir |
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| derivations: |
animately (adv.), animateness (n.) |
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