brute (noun)

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• brute — ► NOUN 1) a violent or savage person or animal. 2) informal a cruel or insensitive person. ► ADJECTIVE 1) unreasoning and animal like. 2) merely physical. 3) harsh or inescapable. DERIVATIVES …   English terms dictionary

• brute force — noun Sheer physical strength • • • Main Entry: ↑brute * * * brute force/strength/ phrase great physical force strength a game that depended on brute force rather than skill …   Useful english dictionary

• brute — noun 1》 a violent or savage person or animal.     ↘informal a cruel or insensitive person. 2》 an animal as opposed to a human being. adjective 1》 unreasoning and animal like. 2》 merely physical: brute force. 3》 harsh or inescapable: brute… …   English new terms dictionary

• brute fact — noun A fact alone, presented without explanation • • • Main Entry: ↑brute …   Useful english dictionary

• brute|hood — «BROOT hud», noun. the character or condition of a brute …   Useful english dictionary

• brute force — noun /bɹut ˈfɔɹs/ a) A method of accomplishing something primarily by means of strength, without the use of mechanical aids or, in combat, without strategic planning or tactics. E.g. to find the set of all positive integers that are multiples of… …   Wiktionary

• brute fact — noun An inscrutable datum of experience; a thing that is undeniably the case, but which is impervious to reasoned explication. The rationalist, Kantian definition of truth, therefore, fails. At the bottom of every fact there is an act of reason,… …   Wiktionary

• brute — (adj.) early 15c., of or belonging to animals, from M.Fr. brut coarse, brutal, raw, crude, from L. brutus heavy, dull, stupid, an Oscan word, from PIE root *gwer heavy (see GRAVE (Cf. grave) (adj.)). Before reaching English the meaning expanded… …   Etymology dictionary

• brute — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French brut rough, from Latin brutus brutish, literally, heavy; akin to Latin gravis heavy more at grieve Date: 15th century 1. of or relating to beasts < the ways of the brute world > 2.… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• brute — brute1 [ brut ] noun count 1. ) a strong man who acts in a cruel or violent way: a vicious brute a ) a big man who looks strong: a big handsome brute of a man 2. ) a big strong animal a ) an animal that you do not like or that frightens you brute …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• brute — I UK [bruːt] / US [brut] noun [countable] Word forms brute : singular brute plural brutes 1) a) a strong man who acts in a cruel or violent way a vicious brute b) a big man who looks strong a big handsome brute of a man 2) a) a big strong animal… …   English dictionary