beast

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Old French beste (French: bête), from Latin bestia (“‘animal, beast’”)

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[edit] Noun

Singular
beast

Plural
beasts

beast (plural beasts)

  1. Any animal other than a human; usually only applied to land vertebrates.
  2. A person who behaves in a violent, antisocial or uncivilised manner.
  3. A large and impressive automobile

[edit] Translations

non-human animal
violent/antisocial person
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terms derived from beast (noun)

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terms related to beast (noun)

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to beast

Third person singular
beasts

Simple past
beasted

Past participle
beasted

Present participle
beasting

to beast (third-person singular simple present beasts, present participle beasting, simple past and past participle beasted)

  1. (British, military) to impose arduous exercises, either as training or as punishment.
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