What does beast mean?
Definitions for beast
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Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word beast.
Princeton's WordNet
animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna(noun)
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
beast, wolf, savage, brute, wildcat(noun)
a cruelly rapacious person
Wiktionary
beast(Noun)
Any animal other than a human; usually only applied to land vertebrates. Especially large or dangerous four-footed ones
Etymology: From beste (French: bête), from bestia; many cognates – see bestia#Descendants.
beast(Noun)
(more specific) a domestic animal, especially a bovine farm animal:
Etymology: From beste (French: bête), from bestia; many cognates – see bestia#Descendants.
beast(Noun)
A person who behaves in a violent, antisocial or uncivilized manner.
Etymology: From beste (French: bête), from bestia; many cognates – see bestia#Descendants.
beast(Noun)
A large and impressive automobile
Etymology: From beste (French: bête), from bestia; many cognates – see bestia#Descendants.
beast(Noun)
A sex offender.
Etymology: From beste (French: bête), from bestia; many cognates – see bestia#Descendants.
beast(Verb)
to impose arduous exercises, either as training or as punishment.
Etymology: From beste (French: bête), from bestia; many cognates – see bestia#Descendants.
Beast(ProperNoun)
A figure in the Book of Revelation (Apocalypse), often identified with Satan or the Antichrist.
Etymology: From beste (French: bête), from bestia; many cognates – see bestia#Descendants.
Beast(ProperNoun)
A wild animal, or seemingly so, which roams free in a country it is usually only found in zoos. (For example The Beast of Bodmin Moor).
Etymology: From beste (French: bête), from bestia; many cognates – see bestia#Descendants.
Webster Dictionary
Beast(noun)
any living creature; an animal; -- including man, insects, etc
Beast(noun)
any four-footed animal, that may be used for labor, food, or sport; as, a beast of burden
Beast(noun)
as opposed to man: Any irrational animal
Beast(noun)
fig.: A coarse, brutal, filthy, or degraded fellow
Beast(noun)
a game at cards similar to loo
Beast(noun)
a penalty at beast, omber, etc. Hence: To be beasted, to be beaten at beast, omber, etc
Freebase
Beast
The Beast is a fictional character, a superhero who appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is a founding member of the mutant team of superheroes known as the X-Men. When he was first introduced, the Beast is a mutant who possesses ape-like superhuman physical strength and agility and oversized hands and feet, though he otherwise appears to be a normal human being. Throughout his history, the Beast undergoes progressive transformations to his physiognomy, permanently gaining increasingly animalistic physical characteristics. These include blue fur, feline facial features, pointed ears, fangs, and claws. His physical power increases to even greater levels, as do his senses. Despite his inhuman appearance, he is a brilliant man of the arts and sciences; he is a world authority on biochemistry and genetics, the X-Men's medical doctor, and the science and mathematics instructor at the Xavier Institute. He is also a mutant political activist. Fighting his bestial instincts and fears of social rejection, the Beast dedicates his physical and mental gifts to the creation of a better world for man and mutant. He also has a witty sense of humor.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Beast
bēst, n. an irrational animal, as opposed to man: a four-footed animal: a brutal person: the Beast, Antichrist in the Revelation—dim. Beast′ies.—n.pl. Beast′-fā′bles, stories in which animals play human parts—a widely-spread primitive form of literature, often surviving in more or less developed forms in the more advanced civilisations.—ns. Beast′hood; Beast′lihead (Spens.), the state or nature of a beast, beastliness; Beast′liness.—adj. Beast′ly, like a beast in actions or behaviour: coarse: obscene: (colloq.) vile, disagreeable. [O. Fr. beste (Fr. bête)—L. bestia.]
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Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'beast' in Nouns Frequency: #2470
Anagrams for beast »
abets, baste, bates, Bates, beats, betas, esbat, tabes
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of beast in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of beast in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of beast in a Sentence
It melts my heart … they are generous and they are empathetic. I love that about them. They went to see ‘ Beauty and the Beast, ’ and they had tears rolling down their faces because they care about the beast, they have those kind eyes. When you talk about beauty, I always look deep into people’s eyes. That’s where you see the real person.
Ego is the Beast that seeks to conquer and destroy
Courage is often misconstrued as the absence of fear, which it is not. Courage is rather a total mastery of fear. It's the Courage that takes away the fear to make mistakes and deepest fear to fail. Courage is never a roaring beast as pictured many a times - but in my view, it's a wonderful, quiet and tiny singing bird that whispers softly and gently in your ears: "You'll do it again tomorrow! You'll make it happen!" during the darkest moments of life, when you are all alone. Never lose that beautiful and precious singing bird.
Thank you, Emma Watson, for 'Beauty and the Beast.' I’ve seen it six or seven times. If anybody has any questions about it, come to me.
A man without justice is a beast, and a man who would make himself a beast forgets the pain of being a man.
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Translations for beast
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- بهيمةArabic
- bestieCzech
- beastDanish
- TierGerman
- θηρίοGreek
- bestoEsperanto
- bestiaSpanish
- جانورPersian
- petoFinnish
- bêteFrench
- beithíochIrish
- जानवरHindi
- vadállatHungarian
- binatangIndonesian
- bestiaItalian
- חיהHebrew
- 獣Japanese
- ಮೃಗKannada
- 짐승Korean
- bestiaLatin
- beestDutch
- beistNorwegian
- bestiaPolish
- bestaPortuguese
- fiarăRomanian
- зверьRussian
- fäSwedish
- மிருகம்Tamil
- మృగంTelugu
- สัตว์ป่าThai
- canavarTurkish
- звіраUkrainian
- جانورUrdu
- quái thúVietnamese
- בעהיימעYiddish
- 獸Chinese
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