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noun
- 1. an animal, especially a large or dangerous four-footed one: "a wild beast"
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1. a. : a four-footed mammal as distinguished from a human being, a lower vertebrate, and an invertebrate. b. : a lower animal as distinguished from a human being. c. : an animal as distinguished from a plant. d. : an animal under human control. 2. : a contemptible person. 3. : something formidably difficult to control or deal with. Synonyms.
BEAST definition: 1. an animal, especially a large or wild one: 2. an unpleasant, annoying, or cruel person: 3. an…. Learn more.
noun. any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal. the crude animal nature common to humans and the lower animals: Hunger brought out the beast in him. a cruel, coarse, filthy, or otherwise beastlike person. Synonyms: barbarian, monster, ogre, savage, brute, pig, swine, cad. a live creature, as distinguished from a plant:
A beast is an animal — and usually not a gentle or attractive one. You can also call a person a beast when they're behaving in a crude, savage, or horrible way. There are many types of beast in the world: dogs, cats, horses, monkeys, birds, and fish are all beasts.
Definition of beast noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
BEAST meaning: 1. an animal, especially a large or wild one: 2. an unpleasant, annoying, or cruel person: 3. an…. Learn more.
1. An animal other than a human, especially a large four-footed mammal. 2. Animal nature as opposed to intellect or spirit: an insult that brought out the beast in him. 3. A very large or powerful person or thing: drives a beast of a truck. 4. Something of a specified kind: Her latest film is an odd beast. 5. A brutal, contemptible person.
Beast definition: An animal other than a human, especially a large four-footed mammal.
BEAST meaning: 1. an animal, especially a large or wild one: 2. an annoying or cruel person: . Learn more.
noun. 1. Archaic. any animal as distinguished from a human being. 2. any large, four-footed animal; sometimes, specif., a domesticated animal. 3. qualities or impulses like an animal's. the beast in him. 4. a person who is gross, brutal, vile, etc. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
