Thesaurus: beast

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Definitions

1. n. Any living creature; an animal; -- including man, insects, etc.
2. n. Any four-footed animal, that may be used for labor, food, or sport; as, a beast of burden.
3. n. As opposed to man: Any irrational animal.
4. n. Fig.: A coarse, brutal, filthy, or degraded fellow.
5. n. A game at cards similar to loo.
6. n. A penalty at beast, omber, etc. Hence: To be beasted, to be beaten at beast, omber, etc.
7. n. a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
8. n. a cruelly rapacious person
9. 1. Any living creature; an animal; -- including man, insects, etc. [Obs.] Chaucer. 2. Any four-footed animal, that may be used for labor, food, or sport; as, a beast of burden. A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast. Prov. xii. 10. 3. As opposed to man: Any irrational animal. 4. Fig.: A coarse, brutal, filthy, or degraded fellow. 5. A game at cards similar to loo. [Obs.] Wright. 6. A penalty at beast, omber, etc. Hence: To be beasted, to be beaten at beast, omber, etc. Beast royal, the lion. [Obs.] Chaucer. Syn. -- Beast, Brute. When we use these words in a figurative sense, as applicable to human beings, we think of beasts as mere animals governed by animal appetite; and of brutes as being destitute of reason or moral feeling, and governed by unrestrained passion. Hence we speak of beastly appetites; beastly indulgences, etc.; and of brutal manners; brutal inhumanity; brutal ferocity. So, also, we say of a drunkard, that he first made himself a beast, and then treated his family like a brute.
10. n:100 n. a cruelly rapacious person