Inanimate describes a non living thing. Chairs, baseballs, sofa cushions and sadly, snowmen, are all inanimate objects.
To animate.
Adjective S.
appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse; "an inanimate body"; "pulseless and dead"
Adjective
not endowed with life; "the inorganic world is inanimate"; "inanimate objects"; "dead stones"
Adjective
belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things; "the word `car'' is inanimate"
v. t.
To animate.
a.
Not animate; destitute of life or spirit; lifeless;
dead; inactive; dull; as, stones and earth are inanimate substances.
Inanimate
Inanimate
Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves.
To animate.
Not animate; destitute of life or spirit; lifeless; dead; inactive; dull;
Usage Examples
Never fight an inanimate object.
I am intrigued by inanimate objects. They're a piece of history, someone's statement and ideas of life.
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Other Usage ExamplesForests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes - every form of animate or inanimate existence, leaves its impress upon the soul of man.
Inanimate objects can be classified scientifically into three major categories those that don't work, those that break down and those that get lost.
War is not an exercise of the will directed at an inanimate matter.