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noun
- 1. an animal, especially a large or dangerous four-footed one: "a wild beast"
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The meaning of BEAST is a four-footed mammal as distinguished from a human being, a lower vertebrate, and an invertebrate. How to use beast in a sentence.
BEAST definition: 1. an animal, especially a large or wild one: 2. an unpleasant, annoying, or cruel person: 3. an…. Learn more.
noun. any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal. the crude animal nature common to humans and the lower animals: Hunger brought out the beast in him. a cruel, coarse, filthy, or otherwise beastlike person. Synonyms: barbarian, monster, ogre, savage, brute, pig, swine, cad. a live creature, as distinguished from a plant:
Definition of beast noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
You can use beast to refer to something or someone in a light-hearted way, and to mention that they have a particular quality.
A beast is an animal — and usually not a gentle or attractive one. You can also call a person a beast when they're behaving in a crude, savage, or horrible way. There are many types of beast in the world: dogs, cats, horses, monkeys, birds, and fish are all beasts.
Beast definition: An animal other than a human, especially a large four-footed mammal.
