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