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animate | blinkie |

As an adjective animate

is that which lives.

As a verb animate

is to impart motion or the appearance of motion to.

As a noun blinkie is

a small animated graphic for use on a webpage, usually taking the form of a picture or phrase with blinking lights around it.

animate

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • That which lives.
  • Possessing the quality or ability of motion.
  • Dynamic, energetic.
    • She is an engaging and animate speaker.
  • (grammar, of a noun or pronoun) Having a referent that includes a human or animal.
    • Nouns can be singular or plural, and one of two genders, animate or inanimate.
  • (grammar) Inflected to agree with an animate noun or pronoun.

    • Synonyms

    (synonyms) * (that lives) alive, live, living * (possessing the quality or ability of motion) * (dynamic) active, dynamic, energetic

    Antonyms

    (antonyms) * (living) inanimate * (possessing the quality or ability of motion) fixed, immobile, static, stationary, still * (dynamic) static * (sense) inanimate

    Related terms

    () * inanimate * animacy

    Verb

    (animat)
  • To impart motion or the appearance of motion to.
    • If we animate the model, we can see the complexity of the action.
  • To give spirit or vigour to; to stimulate or enliven; to inspirit.
  • * Knolles
    • The more to animate the people, he stood on high and cried unto them with a loud voice.

    Related terms

    * animation

    Anagrams

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    blinkie

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Internet) A small animated graphic for use on a webpage, usually taking the form of a picture or phrase with blinking lights around it.
  • * 2007 , Lisa Nakamura, Digitizing Race: Visual Cultures of the Internet
    • The buddyicon.info Web site offers thousands of AIM buddy icons (28838 by my most recent count), as well as "away" icons and "blinkies "...
  • * 2007 , Joelle Reeder, Katherine Scoleri, The IT Girl's Guide to Blogging with Moxie
    • You want people to be able to find your entries; try to keep the extra bling, like distracting scripts and blinkies , to a minimum.
  • * 2012 , Kim Golombisky, Rebecca Hagen, White Space is Not Your Enemy
    • Don't animate your visuals to blink ad infinitum. Set a small-file blinkie to turn off after no more than three passes at whatever it is your blinkie does.

    See also

    * blinky

    Anagrams

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