beast
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beast¹
- /biːst/ UK, US
Rhymes with -iːst
Where it comes from
From Middle English beeste, beste, from Old French beste (French bête), from Latin bēstia (“animal, beast”); many cognates – see bēstia.
noun beasts · beest
- Any four-footed land mammal. Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.
- All non-human animals seen as a group. Language is what separates man and beast.
- A person who behaves in a violent, antisocial or uncivilized manner.
- A domestic animal, especially a bovine farm animal. […] it always had the making of a fine beast about it, but up to the time I had it up here in a stall by itself it did not get the chance to make any headway [ie, fatten], all its mates were down on it and it never seemed to fill itself. […] A big framed beast takes a lot of food — expensive food at
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A monstrously unusual and dangerous animal.
Similar: monster
- Anything regarded as larger or more powerful than one of its normal size or strength. That is a beast of a stadium.
- Someone who is particularly impressive, especially athletically or physically.
- A sex offender. Shouts had been heard: 'We're coming to kill you, beasts.' In desperation, Rule 43s had tried to barricade their doors[…]
- Something unpleasant and difficult. […] Even unopposed, the natural obstacles are formidable, and defending his line of advance will be a beast of a problem."
- A thing or matter, especially a difficult or unruly one. Now, the nucleus of a heavy element is a very peculiar beast.
verb beasts · beasting · beasted · beest
- To impose arduous exercise upon, either as training or as punishment. Recalling his training experiences in the Army and now the Prison Service, this young male officer remarked: In the Army, to get beasted was to be given a lot of psychological pressure […]
- To bully or harass. The old school of prisoner who have seen it all when, now I don't mean this nastily, when they were beasted, and they did what they were told, there were no ifs or buts, nowadays there are questions, there are grey areas and we're more sympathetic […]
- To engage in sexual intercourse with, particularly in an illicit context. That teacher is under investigation for beasting wee 'uns.
adjective more beast · most beast · beest
- great; excellent; powerful There is another type from Siemens which is the HYB 39S64XXX(AT/ATL) -8B version (notice the "B" and the end) which is totally beast altogether.
Beast²
proper noun the Beast
- A figure in the Book of Revelation (Apocalypse), often identified with Satan or the Antichrist. The Number of the Beast Is 666 (13:16-18) John's vision concludes with the notorious reference to the "mark of the beast" and the number 666.
- A wild, or seemingly-wild, animal that roams free in a country where it is usually only found in zoos. the Beast of Bodmin Moor
- The United States presidential state car.
- A cadet's basic training at West Point. Plebes spend their first summer at Cadet Basic Training — Beast Barracks — where they get soldierized.
BEAST³
proper noun
- Acronym of Browser Exploit Against SSL/TLS
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: creature, wolf, fauna, wildcat, animal, savage, brute, animate being, pet, puppy, calf, livestock, grazing, stinker, pig, bear
Translations
Every language
noun non-human animal
| Español | bestia |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 짐승 jimseung, 야수 yasu |
| 日本語 | 野獣 yajū, 猛獣 mōjū, 獣 kemono |
| 中文 | 四足獸 /四足兽 sì zú shòu, 獸 /兽 shòu, 野獸 /野兽 yěshòu |
| हिन्दी | वहश vahaś, जानवर jānvar, हैवान haivān, जंतु jantu, मृग mŕg |
| Kiswahili | nunda |
| Português | fera, besta |
| Français | bête, bête sauvage |
| Deutsch | Tier, Bestie |
| Italiano | bestia, belva |
| Ελληνικά | τέρας téras, θηρίο thirío |
| Română | bestie, fiară |
| Русский | зверь zverʹ, живо́тное živótnoje, тварь tvarʹ, бе́стия béstija |
| العربية | وَحْش waḥš |
| עברית | חַיָּה ḥayyá, בְּהֵמָה behemá |
noun violent/antisocial person
| Español | bestia |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 獣 kemono, けだもの kedamono |
| 中文 | 畜生 chùshēng, 兇暴而殘忍的人 /凶暴而残忍的人, 凶暴而残忍[[]]的人 xiōngbào ér cánrěn de rén, 禽獸 /禽兽 qínshòu |
| हिन्दी | पशु paśu |
| Kiswahili | nunda |
| Português | fera, besta |
| Deutsch | Unmensch, Bestie, Biest |
| Ελληνικά | κτήνος ktínos, ζώο zóo, τέρας téras |
| Русский | монстр monstr, зверь zverʹ, чудо́вище čudóvišče, скоти́на skotína |
| العربية | مُتَوَحِّش mutawaḥḥiš |
| עברית | חַיָּה ḥayyá, בְּהֵמָה behemá |
noun slang: someone who is particularly impressive, especially athletically or physically
| Español | fiera |
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title = {beast},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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