Beast

  • 21beast — n. qualities of an animal 1) to bring out the beast in smb. animal 2) a wild beast * * * [biːst] [ animal ] a wild beast [ qualities of an animal ] to bring out the beast in smb …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 22beast — noun (C) 1 literary an animal, especially a large or dangerous one 2 old fashioned especially spoken someone who is cruel or unpleasant: You filthy beast! 3 spoken a job, problem etc that is difficult to deal with: Can you undo this jar? It s a… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 23beast — beastlike, adj. /beest/, n. 1. any nonhuman animal, esp. a large, four footed mammal. 2. the crude animal nature common to humans and the lower animals: Hunger brought out the beast in him. 3. a cruel, coarse, filthy, or otherwise beastlike… …

    Universalium

  • 24beast — /bist / (say beest) noun 1. any animal except a human being, especially a large four footed animal. 2. a single cow, steer, bullock, etc., raised for meat production. 3. the animal nature common to humans and non humans. 4. a coarse, filthy, or… …

  • 25beast — žvėris statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Laukinis žinduolis – žolėdis (pvz., stumbras, briedis, elnias ir kt.), plėšrusis (pvz., lokys, vilkas, lapė ir kt.) ar visaėdis (pvz., šernas) gyvūnas. atitikmenys: angl. animals;… …

    Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

  • 26beast — Synonyms and related words: Mafioso, Young Turk, animal, anthropophagite, barbarian, being, beldam, berserk, berserker, bomber, brute, cannibal, creature, creeping thing, critter, cur, demon, destroyer, devil, dog, dragon, dumb animal, dumb… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 27beast — Mammals as distinct from birds or fish (Gen. 1:30) either wild (as in Mark. 1:13) or capable of being tamed; divided by the Jews into clean and unclean. In Dan. 7 the four great oppressing nations are symbolized by beasts, and this is taken over… …

    Dictionary of the Bible

  • 28beast — [13] Beast replaced deer as the general word for ‘animal’ in the 13th century (deer of course remained in use for antlered animals of the family Cervidae), and was itself replaced by animal in the 17th century. It entered English via Old French… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 29beast — An exclamation to show your appreciation of something. Aw, beast! …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 30beast — An exclamation to show your appreciation of something. Aw, beast! …

    Dictionary of american slang