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    beast
    [bēst]
    noun
    beast (noun) · beasts (plural noun)
    1. an animal, especially a large or dangerous four-footed one:
      "a wild beast" · "the terrible roaring of caged beasts"
      • (beasts)
        a domestic animal, especially a bovine farm animal.
      • archaic
        humorous
        an animal as opposed to a human:
        "the gift of reason differentiates humanity from the beasts"
      • an inhumanly cruel, violent, or depraved person:
        "he is a filthy drunken beast"
      • informal
        derogatory
        an objectionable or unpleasant person or thing:
        "a scheming, manipulative little beast"
      • (the beast)
        a person's brutish or untamed characteristics:
        "the beast in you is rearing its ugly head"
      • informal
        a thing or concept possessing a particular quality:
        "that much-maligned beast, the rave record"
    verb
    BRITISH ENGLISH
    informal
    beast (verb) · beasts (third person present) · beasted (past tense) · beasted (past participle) · beasting (present participle)
    1. (especially in the armed forces) subject (a new recruit) to harsh treatment in order to instill discipline:
      "he loved leading the young kids and he never allowed them to be beasted or bullied" · "the players found themselves beasted by the coaching team in a series of sapping training sessions"
      • criticize or reprimand severely, or defeat heavily:
        "they were beasted by Australia in the opening test of the Cup series"
    Origin
    Middle English: from Old French beste, based on Latin bestia.
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