human

adj

1. (not-comparable)Of or belonging to the species Homo sapiens or its closest relatives.

   “Some powers diuine, or els infernall, mixt / Their angry ſeedes at his conception: / For he was neuer ſprong of humaine race, / Since with the ſpirit of his fearefull pride, / He dares so doubtleſly reſolue of rule.”

   “[N]o attempt is made to call in God to their reſcue, as if he vvere an idle unconcern'd ſpectator of humane affairs, or ſo inconſiderable an ally, as not to be vvorth the care of engaging him on their ſide.”

   “Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.”

2. (comparable)Having the nature or attributes of a human being.

   “To err is human; to forgive, divine.”

   “She's only human, so give her a break!”

   “She was like a Beardsley Salome, he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry.”

   “The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. No one queried it. It was in the classic pattern of human weakness, mean and embarrassing and sad.”

   “2011 August 17, Holman W. Jenkins, Jr., The Many Wars of Google: Handset makers will learn to live with their new ‘frenemy’, Business World, Wall Street Journal, Google wouldn't be human if it didn't want some of this loot, which buying Motorola would enable it to grab.”

3. Compassionate.

noun

1. A highly intelligent ape with fine and short body hair; the most abundant species of primate, with members found on every continent (Homo sapiens).

   “Humans share common ancestors with other apes.”

   “Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola.”

   “If I ever have to choose between a future where killer robots hunt humans or a future where bacon supplies have run out ... Let's just say you better start running.”

2. A highly intelligent ape with fine and short body hair; the most abundant species of primate, with members found on every continent (Homo sapiens).

   “Greetings. I am Blor-Utar from Zimtok-5. I have come to subjugate the human race. Do not resist. Why humans? Because, in addition to their value as slave labor, they are also delicious and nutritious!”

3. A highly intelligent ape with fine and short body hair; the most abundant species of primate, with members found on every continent (Homo sapiens).

   “Greetings, human! You have stumbled into the dimension of the Snow People.[…]Flesh plows clear the streets to make them safe to drive.[…]Does this shock you, human? Do the ways of our world open your eyes to the truths of your own?”

4. (broadly)Any hominid of the genus Homo.

verb

1. (rare)To behave as or become, or to cause to behave as or become, a human.

   “[…] he sought to charm a single pair of ears, and those more hairy than critical. Later, as the race went on humaning, there grew complexity of sentiment and varying emotional needs, […]”

   “There are, then, many ways of humaning: these are the ways along which we make ourselves and, collaboratively, one another.”

name

1. A surname.
2. (humorous)The language supposedly spoken by humans

   “Should you identify your language (culture) with human being (nature), you would tend to think that all people should speak Human (English), just as you do. And if they do not, they are either subhuman or nonhuman. This is ethnocentrism again.”

   “Shakespeare could understand Human, the language used by people, as well as Dog, the telepathic speech with which canines communicated with each other.”

   “Lara's biggest frustration was that she could only speak one language – her native tongue of Dog. She would have loved to learn to speak Human but this was beyond the spy-training programme.”

   ““I haven't been able to speak Human very long,” Dipper said.”

   “That's what their language is called. Monibar. It's not like we speak Human.”

3. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of human used in works that capitalize the names of all sentient species

   “In some instances, Humans have also been called "Earth creatures" and "Earthlings" and a Human male called "Earthman."”

   “Raise an army and seek out the mightiest heroes from the four races of Origin Star – The Humans, Izans, Aokus, Theias, and unite them all to annihilate the Invaders of your home planet.”

   “These bipedal mammalians have developed a society that encourages and even thrives on individual freedoms and cultural differences - as a result, Humans tend to integrate well with alien populations.”