humans

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of human.

   Humans have spread to nearly every part of the planet.

   Unlike most animals, humans build complex tools and cities.

   Note

   The everyday plural, and it carries every noun sense of its singular. It can mean the species Homo sapiens, or people set apart from the more powerful humanoid creatures they resemble. More broadly, it can mean all members of the genus Homo. The same spelling also serves the rare verb, so position decides: humans build is a noun subject, while she humans is a verb.

2. 2
   verbrare

   Third-person singular simple present indicative of human. The verb is rare.

   Note

   A rare verb that works in two directions. Someone who humans becomes or acts human, and someone who humans another person makes them so. With an object, as in a director who humans her characters, it is causative. Without one, it describes the subject's own change. Because the verb is so uncommon, readers may first take it for the plural noun, so a clear singular subject helps.

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