About The Word Beast
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Beast
Beast Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Beast?
[n] a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
[n] a cruelly rapacious person Synonyms | Synonyms for Beast: animal | animate being | brute | brute | creature | fauna | savage | wildcat | wolf Related Terms | Find terms related to Beast: animal | anthropophagite | barbarian | being | beldam | berserk | berserker | bomber | brute | cannibal | creature | creeping thing | critter | cur | demon | destroyer | devil | dog | dragon | dumb animal | dumb friend | fiend | firebrand | fire-eater | fury | goon | gorilla | gunsel | hardnose | hellcat | hellhound | hellion | hell-raiser | holy terror | hood | hoodlum | hothead | hotspur | hound | hyena | incendiary | insect | killer | living being | living thing | mad dog | madcap | Mafioso | man-eater | mongrel | monster | mugger | nihilist | pig | polecat | quadruped | rapist | reptile | revolutionary | savage | serpent | shark | she-wolf | skunk | snake | spitfire | swine | termagant | terror | terrorist | tiger | tigress | tough | tough guy | ugly customer | vandal | varmint | vermin | violent | viper | virago | vixen | whelp | wild beast | wild man | witch | wolf | worm | wrecker | Young Turk See Also | acrodont | adult | aggressor | animal kingdom | animal tissue | Animalia | assailant | assaulter | attacker | being | biped | captive | caput | chordate | conceptus | creepy-crawly | critter | darter | dead animal | domestic animal | embryo | face | female | fertilized egg | fictional animal | game | giant | head | herbivore | insectivore | invertebrate | kingdom Animalia | larva | male | marine animal | mate | metazoan | migrator | molter | moulter | mutant | offspring | omnivore | organism | peeper | pet | pleurodont | predator | predatory animal | prey | pureblood | purebred | quarry | racer | scavenger | sea animal | stayer | stunt | survivor | thoroughbred | varment | varmint | vermin | work animal | young | zooplankton Beast In Webster's Dictionary \Beast\, n. [OE. best, beste, OF. beste, F. b[^e]te, fr.
L. bestia.]
1. Any living creature; an animal; -- including man, insects,
etc. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
2. Any four-footed animal, that may be used for labor, food,
or sport; as, a beast of burden.
A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast.
--Prov. xii.
10.
3. As opposed to {man}: Any irrational animal.
4. Fig.: A coarse, brutal, filthy, or degraded fellow.
5. A game at cards similar to loo. [Obs.] --Wright.
6. A penalty at beast, omber, etc. Hence: To be beasted, to
be beaten at beast, omber, etc.
{Beast royal}, the lion. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Syn: {Beast}, {Brute}.
Usage: When we use these words in a figurative sense, as
applicable to human beings, we think of beasts as mere
animals governed by animal appetite; and of brutes as
being destitute of reason or moral feeling, and
governed by unrestrained passion. Hence we speak of
beastly appetites; beastly indulgences, etc.; and of
brutal manners; brutal inhumanity; brutal ferocity.
So, also, we say of a drunkard, that he first made
himself a beast, and then treated his family like a
brute.
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