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beast

  [beest]
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–noun
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 person.
4. a live creature, as distinguished from a plant: What manner of beast is this?
5. the beast, the Antichrist. Rev. 13:18.
Origin:
1175–1225; ME be(e)ste < OF beste (F bête) < L bēstia

Related forms:
beastlike, adjective

Synonyms:
1. See animal. 3. cad, swine, pig, brute, savage, ogre, monster, barbarian.
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beast

  1. n.
    an ugly person. : That beast should give the monkey back its face before the poor creature bumps into something.
  2. n.
    a crude, violent, or sexually aggressive male; an animal. : Oh, Martin, you're such a beast!
  3. n.
    liquor. : Pour me some more of that beast.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

beast 
c.1220, from O.Fr. beste, from L. bestia, replacing O.E. deor (see deer) as the generic word for "wild creature," only to be ousted 16c. by animal. British society slang beastly "exceedingly" dates from 1561.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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