beast

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/biːst/

noun 5name 4verb 2adj 1

Collocations

(noun.) animal

ADJ

ferocious, savage, snarling, wild

The zookeeper warned us to stay back from the snarling beast behind the glass barrier.

exotic, fabled, fantastic, legendary, mythical, rare, strange

Travelers told stories about the legendary beast that supposedly roamed the mountains.

great, huge, magnificent, mighty

PHRASES

a beast of burden, a beast of prey

(noun.) unpleasant/cruel person

ADJ

filthy

The pig rolled in the mud and became a filthy beast that nobody wanted to touch.

sex

A dangerous predator was described by wildlife officials as a savage beast.

PHRASES

the beast in sb

bring out the beast in sb

Alcohol seemed to bring out the beast in my normally quiet colleague.

Definitions

noun

An animal, especially a large or dangerous land vertebrate.

Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.

An animal, especially a large or dangerous land vertebrate.

[…] 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 that [—] to keep it doing […]

Boxer was an enormous beast, nearly eighteen hands high, and as strong as any two ordinary horses put together.

An animal, especially a large or dangerous land vertebrate.

Language is what separates man and beast.

An animal, especially a large or dangerous land vertebrate.

A person who behaves in a violent, antisocial or uncivilized manner.

verb

To impose arduous exercises, either as training or as punishment.

To engage in sexual intercourse with, particularly in an illicit context.

That teacher is under investigation for beasting wee 'uns.

adj

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.

Translation: a piece of crap, but the rest of the car was totally beast.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

noun — a cruelly rapacious person

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

beast with two backs

Two people united in sexual intercourse in the missionary position.

I am one ſir, that come to tell you, your daughter, and the Moore, are now making the Beaſt with two backs.

nature of the beast

The unchangeable nature of something.

In your pasture management program, you need to anticipate that goats will try to chew on just about anything; that's the nature of the beast.

Example Bank

Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.

Wiktionary

Boxer was an enormous beast, nearly eighteen hands high, and as strong as any two ordinary horses put together.

Wiktionary

That teacher is under investigation for beasting wee 'uns.

Wiktionary

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.

Wiktionary

Translation: a piece of crap, but the rest of the car was totally beast.

Wiktionary

Usage Notes

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In some senses, beast is marked as slang, British, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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