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Meaning of BEAST

Pronunciation:  beest

WordNet Dictionary
  1. [n]  a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
  2. [n]  a cruelly rapacious person

BEAST is a 5 letter word that starts with B.


 Synonyms: animal, animate being, brute, brute, creature, fauna, savage, wildcat, wolf
 See Also: acrodont, adult, aggressor, animal kingdom, animal tissue, Animalia, assailant, assaulter, attacker, being, biped, captive, caput, chordate, conceptus, creepy-crawly, critter, darter, dead animal, domestic animal, embryo, face, female, fertilized egg, fictional animal, game, giant, head, herbivore, insectivore, invertebrate, kingdom Animalia, larva, male, marine animal, mate, metazoan, migrator, molter, moulter, mutant, offspring, omnivore, organism, peeper, pet, pleurodont, predator, predatory animal, prey, pureblood, purebred, quarry, racer, scavenger, sea animal, stayer, stunt, survivor, thoroughbred, varment, varmint, vermin, work animal, young, zooplankton



Webster's 1913 Dictionary
\Beast\, n. [OE. best, beste, OF. beste, F. b[^e]te, fr.
L. bestia.]
   etc. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

   or sport; as, a beast of burden.

         A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast.
                                               --Prov. xii.

3. As opposed to {man}: Any irrational animal.


5. A game at cards similar to loo. [Obs.] --Wright.

   be beaten at beast, omber, etc.

{Beast royal}, the lion. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Syn: {Beast}, {Brute}.

       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.
       himself a beast, and then treated his family like a

Dream Dictionary
 Definition: Dreaming of a beast means foolishness and ignorance. Dreaming of faceless beasts indicates a situation you are refusing to see or confront, but are aware of it in some passive way. This dream also suggests that something in your life is bringing up feelings of fear and insecurities. According to the bible, a beast symbolizes men in honor without understanding. (Psa: 73:22)
Easton Bible Dictionary





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 Related Terms: animal, anthropophagite, barbarian, being, beldam, berserk, berserker, bomber, brute, cannibal, creature, creeping thing, critter, cur, demon, destroyer, devil, dog, dragon, dumb animal, dumb friend, fiend, firebrand, fire-eater, fury, goon, gorilla, gunsel, hardnose, hellcat, hellhound, hellion, hell-raiser, holy terror, hood, hoodlum, hothead, hotspur, hound, hyena, incendiary, insect, killer, living being, living thing, mad dog, madcap, Mafioso, man-eater, mongrel, monster, mugger, nihilist, pig, polecat, quadruped, rapist, reptile, revolutionary, savage, serpent, shark, she-wolf, skunk, snake, spitfire, swine, termagant, terror, terrorist, tiger, tigress, tough, tough guy, ugly customer, vandal, varmint, vermin, violent, viper, virago, vixen, whelp, wild beast, wild man, witch, wolf, worm, wrecker, Young Turk