English Explanatory Dictionary

beast

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An animal, especially a large or dangerous land vertebrate.
  2. A domestic animal, especially a bovine farm animal.
  3. All non-human animals seen as a group.
  4. A monstrously unusual and dangerous animal.
  5. A person who behaves in a violent, antisocial or uncivilized manner.
  6. Anything regarded as larger or more powerful than one of its normal size or strength.
  7. Someone who is particularly impressive, especially athletically or physically.
  8. A sex offender.
  9. Something unpleasant and difficult.
  10. A thing or matter, especially a difficult or unruly one.
verb
  1. To impose arduous exercise upon, either as training or as punishment.
  2. To bully or harass.
  3. To engage in sexual intercourse with, particularly in an illicit context.
adj
  1. great; excellent; powerful
name
  1. A figure in the Book of Revelation (Apocalypse), often identified with Satan or the Antichrist.
  2. A wild, or seemingly-wild, animal that roams free in a country where it is usually only found in zoos.
  3. A cadet's basic training at West Point.
name
  1. Acronym of Browser Exploit Against SSL/TLS.

Pronunciation

/biːst/ en-us-beast.ogg

Word forms

beast beasts beest beasting beasted more beast most beast the Beast

Etymology

From Middle English beeste, beste, from Old French beste (French bête), from Latin bēstia (“animal, beast”); many cognates – see bēstia.

Synonyms

monster

Related words

belluine bestial bestiality bestiary bête noire bêtise hartebeest wildebeest

Derived words

beastdom beasten beast fable beast-gate beasthood beastie beastify beastish beastkeeper beastkind beastlike beastling beastly beastman beastmaster beastmistress beast mode beastship beast with two backs beauty and the beast bebeast belly of the beast big beast different beast hambeast hosebeast hypebeast king of beasts lobola-beast mark of the beast merbeast nature of the beast neatbeast Number of the Beast obeast shitbeast starve the beast thunder beast unbeast unicorn beast werebeast beast on

Translations

Albanian: bishë Albanian: zullap Amharic: አውሬ Arabic: وَحْش Armenian: կենդանի Armenian: գազան Armenian: ջանավար Asturian: bestia Asturian: fiera Atong (India): mat Bashkir: хайуан Basque: aberetzar Belarusian: звер Belarusian: зьвер Belarusian: жывёла Bulgarian: звяр Bulgarian: живо́тно Carpathian Rusyn: звірь Catalan: bèstia Catalan: fera Cebuano: mananap Chinese Mandarin: 四足獸 /四足兽 Chinese Mandarin: 獸 /兽 Chinese Mandarin: 野獸 /野兽 Chukchi: гынник Czech: zvíře Czech: bestie Czech: živočich Danish: bæst Danish: vilddyr Danish: dyr Dutch: beest Dutch: wild dier Dutch: dier Esperanto: besto Estonian: elajas Finnish: elukka Finnish: peto French: bête French: bête sauvage Middle French: beste Old French: beste Georgian: მხეცი Georgian: ცხოველი German: Tier German: Bestie Gothic: 𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍃 Greek: τέρας Greek: θηρίο Ancient Greek: θήρ Ancient Greek: θηρίον Haitian Creole: bèt Hebrew: חַיָּה Hebrew: בְּהֵמָה Higaonon: langgam Hindi: वहश Hindi: जानवर Hindi: हैवान Hindi: जंतु Hindi: मृग Hungarian: vadállat Hungarian: bestia Hungarian: dög Ido: bestio Irish: beithíoch Istriot: bies'cia Italian: bestia Italian: belva Japanese: 野獣 Japanese: 猛獣 Japanese: 獣 Kaingang: mĩg
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