beast (noun)

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• beast — ► NOUN 1) an animal, especially a large or dangerous mammal. 2) a very cruel or wicked person. ORIGIN Latin bestia …   English terms dictionary

• beast´like´ — beast «beest», noun. 1. a) any four footed animal. Lions, bears, cows, and horses are beasts. b) any animal except man: »Both man and beast fled before the flames of the forest fire. SYNONYM(S): See syn. under animal. (Cf. ↑animal) …   Useful english dictionary

• beast of burden — noun an animal such as a donkey or ox or elephant used for transporting loads or doing other heavy work • Syn: ↑jument • Derivationally related forms: ↑jumentous (for: ↑jument) • Hypernyms: ↑work animal …   Useful english dictionary

• beast — [ bist ] noun count ** 1. ) MAINLY LITERARY an animal, especially a dangerous or strange one: a wild beast 2. ) a cruel or immoral person, especially one who behaves in a violent or sexual way a ) INFORMAL OLD FASHIONED used for speaking to… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• beast — noun animal ADJECTIVE ▪ ferocious, ravenous, savage, snarling, wild ▪ Savage beasts once roamed these forests. ▪ fearsome, foul ( …   Collocations dictionary

• beast — noun (C) 1 literary an animal, especially a large or dangerous one 2 old fashioned especially spoken someone who is cruel or unpleasant: You filthy beast! 3 spoken a job, problem etc that is difficult to deal with: Can you undo this jar? It s a… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• beast fable — noun : a prose or verse fable or short story which usually points a moral and in which animal characters are represented as acting with human feelings and motives * * * beast fable noun A story in which animals behave like humans • • • Main Entry …   Useful english dictionary

• beast´li|ness — beast|ly «BEEST lee», adjective, li|er, li|est, adverb. –adj. 1. like a beast; coarse, dirty, or brutal; vile: »The beastly behavior of the savages frightened their prisoners. 2. Informal. very bad or irritating; unpleasant; …   Useful english dictionary

• beast|ly — «BEEST lee», adjective, li|er, li|est, adverb. –adj. 1. like a beast; coarse, dirty, or brutal; vile: »The beastly behavior of the savages frightened their prisoners. 2. Informal. very bad or irritating; unpleasant; …   Useful english dictionary

• beast with two backs — noun two people engaged in sexual intercourse Syn: double backed beast, two backed beast …   Wiktionary

• beast epic — noun : a long verse narrative with climactic epic construction comprising stories of animals represented as acting with human feelings and motives * * * a long verse narrative in which the misadventures of animals satirize human foibles and… …   Useful english dictionary