beast

Speech parts

1. beast - Noun

2. beast - Adjective

3. beast - Verb

4. Beast - Proper noun

Meaning

Any living creature; an animal; -- including man, insects, etc.

Any four-footed animal, that may be used for labor, food, or sport; as, a beast of burden.

As opposed to man: Any irrational animal.

Fig.: A coarse, brutal, filthy, or degraded fellow.

A game at cards similar to loo.

A penalty at beast, omber, etc. Hence: To be beasted, to be beaten at beast, omber, etc.

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After Juggernaut bulldozes himself into the torso of the beast, Conan creates a soft spot in its rocklike scales. Source: Internet

After Whitefield condemned Moravians and their practices, his former London printer (a Moravian), called Whitefield “a Mahomet, a Caesar, an imposter, a Don Quixote, a devil, the beast, the man of sin, the Antichrist”. Source: Internet

A government policy favouring such a beast is worthy of scepticism and the spectre of News Corp sitting at the table with Facebook is a spectacle of disturbing hilarity. Source: Internet

Aldebaran represents the bear, with the remainder of the stars in the Hyades being dogs that are holding the beast at bay. Source: Internet

Arthur and his knights barely escape when the beast's animator suffers a fatal heart attack, causing the beast to disappear. Source: Internet

A nation's Park, containing man and beast, in all the wild and freshness of their nature's beauty! Source: Internet

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