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beasts

/biːsts/ · noun

Meaning

  1. Any animal other than a human; usually only applied to land vertebrates, especially large or dangerous four-footed ones.
  2. (more specific) A domestic animal, especially a bovine farm animal.
  3. A person who behaves in a violent, antisocial or uncivilized manner.
  4. Anything regarded as larger or more powerful than one of its normal size or strength.
  5. Someone who is particularly impressive, especially athletically or physically.
  6. (prisons) A sex offender.
  7. To impose arduous exercises, either as training or as punishment.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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