beast in English dictionary

  • beast

    Meanings and definitions of "beast"

    • Any animal other than a human; usually only applied to land vertebrates.
    • A person who behaves in a violent, antisocial or uncivilized manner.
    • A large and impressive automobile
    • (UK, military) to impose arduous exercises, either as training or as punishment.
    • adjective
      (slang)
      great; excellent; powerful
    • noun
      Any animal other than a human; usually only applied to land vertebrates, especially large or dangerous four-footed ones.
    • noun
      (more specific) A domestic animal, especially a bovine farm animal.
    • noun
      A person who behaves in a violent, antisocial or uncivilized manner.
    • noun
      (slang)
      A large and impressive thing or structure.
    • noun
      (slang)
      Someone who is particularly impressive, especially athletically or physically.
    • noun
      (slang, prisons)
      A sex offender.
    • noun
      (figuratively)
      Something unpleasant and difficult.
    • verb
      (Britain, military)
      to impose arduous exercises, either as training or as punishment.
    • Any nonhuman animal, esp. a large, four-footed mammal.
    • beast (i.e. any animal other than man)
    • non-human animal
    • violent/antisocial person
    • noun
      a cruelly rapacious person
    • noun
      a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

    Synonyms of "beast" in English dictionary

    brute, being, wildcat are the top synonyms of "beast" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of beast

    • beast ( plural  beasts)
    • beast ( third-person singular simple present beasts, present participle beasting, simple past and past participle beasted)
    • beast (comparative more beast, superlative most beast)
    • beast (plural beasts)
    • beast (third-person singular simple present beasts, present participle beasting, simple past and past participle beasted)
  • Beast

    Meanings and definitions of "beast"

    • (Biblical) A figure in the Book of Revelation (Apocalypse), often identified with Satan and the Antichrist.
    • proper
      (biblical)
      A figure in the Book of Revelation (Apocalypse), often identified with Satan or the Antichrist.
    • proper
      A wild animal, or seemingly so, which roams free in a country it is usually only found in zoos. (For example The Beast of Bodmin Moor).
    • Beast (Disney character)
    • Beast (comics)
    • a figure in the Book of Revelation
  • BEAST

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