Beast

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  • noun. An animal other than a human, especially a large four-footed mammal.
  • noun. Animal nature as opposed to intellect or spirit.
  • noun. A very large or powerful person or thing.
  • noun. Something of a specified kind.
  • noun. A brutal, contemptible person.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A living being; an animal: in this extended sense now only in dialectal or colloquial use.
  • noun. Any four-footed animal, as distinguished from fowls, insects, fishes, and man: as, beasts of burden; beasts of the chase; beasts of the forest. It is applied chiefly to large animals.
  • noun. Any irrational animal, as opposed to man, as in the phrase man and beast, where beast usually means horse.
  • noun. plural In rural economy, originally all domestic animals, but now only cattle; especially, fatting cattle as distinguished from other animals.
  • noun. In a limited specific use, a horse: as, my beast is tired out.
  • noun. Figuratively, a brutal man; a person rude, coarse, filthy, or acting in a manner unworthy of a rational creature.
  • noun. [In this use also spelled as orig. pron., bāste, ⟨ F. beste, now béte, in same sense.] An old game of cards resembling loo. A penalty or forfeit at this game, and also in ombre and quadrille.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Any living creature; an animal; -- including man, insects, etc.
  • noun. Any four-footed animal, that may be used for labor, food, or sport.
  • noun. any animal other than a human; -- opposed to man.
  • noun. Fig.: A coarse, brutal, filthy, or degraded fellow.
  • noun. A game at cards similar to loo.
  • noun. A penalty at beast, omber, etc. Hence: To be beasted, to be beaten at beast, omber, etc.
  • noun. the lion.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Any animal other than a human; usually only applied to land vertebrates. Especially large or dangerous four-footed ones
  • noun. A domestic animal, especially a bovine farm animal:
  • noun. A person who behaves in a violent, antisocial or uncivilized manner.
  • noun. A large and impressive automobile
  • noun. A sex offender.
  • verb. to impose arduous exercises, either as training or as punishment.
  • adjective. great; excellent; powerful
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
  • noun. a cruelly rapacious person
  • Word Usage
    "The symbol of a beast considered merely _as a beast_, could not, in the nature of the case, signify anything more than a temporal kingdom or political empire."
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    man  
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    beastly  
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    East  Ne  Northeast  Se  Trendiest  
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    animal  ball  bear  being  bow  
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