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Beast

biːst

Beast definitions
noun
beast beasts
  1. an animal, especially a large or dangerous four-footed one

    "a wild beast"

    • a domestic animal, especially a bovine farm animal

      "mucking out and feeding the beasts is a big job"

    • an animal as opposed to a human

      "the gift of reason differentiates humanity from the beasts"

    • an inhumanly cruel, violent, or depraved person

      "he is a filthy drunken beast"

    • an objectionable or unpleasant person or thing

      "a scheming, manipulative little beast"

    • a person's brutish or untamed characteristics

      "the beast in you is rearing its ugly head"

    • a thing possessing a specified quality

      "that much-maligned beast, the rave record"

verb
beast beasted beasting beasts
  1. (especially in the armed forces) subject (a new recruit) to harsh treatment in order to instil discipline

    "he loved leading the young kids and he never allowed them to be beasted or bullied"

    • criticize or reprimand severely, or defeat heavily

      "they were beasted by Australia in the opening test of the Cup series"