Definition of beasts Beasts

/biˈsts/ - [beests] -

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  • beasts (Noun)
    Plural of beast.

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  • beasts, noun, plural of beast.

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Noun

Plural: beasts

beast - a cruelly rapacious person
  wolf, savage, brute, wildcat
  assailant, assaulter, attacker, aggressor someone who attacks
beast - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
  animal, animate being, brute, creature, fauna
  being, organism the state or fact of existing; "a point of view gradually coming into being"; "laws in existence for centuries"
  animal kingdom, animalia, kingdom animalia taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals
  pest any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.; "he sprayed the garden to get rid of pests"; "many pests have developed resistance to the common pesticides"
  critter a regional term for `creature' (especially for domestic animals)
  creepy-crawly an animal that creeps or crawls (such as worms or spiders or insects)
  darter a person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly; "squirrels are darters"
  peeper an animal that makes short high-pitched sounds
  homeotherm, homoiotherm, homotherm an animal that has a body temperature that is relatively constant and independent of the environmental temperature
  ectotherm, poikilotherm an animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings; any animal except birds and mammals
  range animal any animal that lives and grazes in the grassy open land of western North America (especially horses, cattle, sheep)
  varment, varmint any usually predatory wild animal considered undesirable; e.g., coyote
  scavenger any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter
  work animal an animal trained for and used for heavy labor
  domestic animal, domesticated animal any of various animals that have been tamed and made fit for a human environment
  feeder an animal being fattened or suitable for fattening
  migrator an animal (especially birds and fish) that travels between different habitats at particular times of the year
  molter, moulter an animal (especially birds and arthropods and reptiles) that periodically shed their outer layer (feathers or cuticle or skin or hair)
  pet a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement
  stayer a person or other animal having powers of endurance or perseverance; "the horse that won the race is a good stayer"
  stunt a difficult or unusual or dangerous feat; usually done to gain attention
  marine animal, marine creature, sea animal, sea creature any of numerous animals inhabiting the sea including e.g. fishes and molluscs and many mammals
  female an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa)
  male an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova)
  adult any mature animal
  offspring, young something that comes into existence as a result; "industrialism prepared the way for acceptance of the French Revolution's various socialistic offspring"; "this skyscraper is the solid materialization of his efforts"
  pureblood, purebred, thoroughbred a pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horses
  giant any creature of exceptional size
  survivor an animal that survives in spite of adversity; "only the fittest animals were survivors of the cold winters"
  mutant an animal that has undergone mutation
  herbivore any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants; "horses are herbivores"; "the sauropod dinosaurs were apparently herbivores"
  insectivore any organism that feeds mainly on insects
  acrodont an animal having teeth consolidated with the summit of the alveolar ridge without sockets
  pleurodont an animal having teeth fused with the inner surface of the alveolar ridge without sockets
  zooplankton animal constituent of plankton; mainly small crustaceans and fish larvae
  conceptus, fertilized egg, embryo an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life
  chordate any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column
  invertebrate any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification
  metazoan any animal of the subkingdom Metazoa; all animals except protozoans and sponges
  omnivore an animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances
  predatory animal, predator any animal that lives by preying on other animals
  prey, quarry animal hunted or caught for food
  game an amusement or pastime; "they played word games"; "he thought of his painting as a game that filled his empty time"; "his life was all fun and games"
  hexapod an animal having six feet
  biped an animal with two feet
  larva the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose
  racer slender fast-moving North American snakes
  fictional animal animals that exist only in fiction (usually in children's stories)
  animal tissue the tissue in the bodies of animals
  caput, head a headlike protuberance on an organ or structure; "the caput humeri is the head of the humerus which fits into a cavity in the scapula"
  face a vertical surface of a building or cliff
  captive an animal that is confined
  mate South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • beast (n.)
    Any living creature; an animal; -- including man, insects, etc.
  • beast (n.)
    Any four-footed animal, that may be used for labor, food, or sport; as, a beast of burden.
  • beast (n.)
    As opposed to man: Any irrational animal.
  • beast (n.)
    Fig.: A coarse, brutal, filthy, or degraded fellow.
  • beast (n.)
    A game at cards similar to loo.
  • beast (n.)
    A penalty at beast, omber, etc. Hence: To be beasted, to be beaten at beast, omber, etc.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • beast
    Any nonhuman animal, esp. a large, four-footed mammal.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • beast
    bēst, n. an irrational animal, as opposed to man: a four-footed animal: a brutal person: the Beast, Antichrist in the Revelation—dim. Beast′ies.—n.pl. Beast′-fā′bles, stories in which animals play human parts—a widely-spread primitive form of literature, often surviving in more or less developed forms in the more advanced civilisations.—ns. Beast′hood; Beast′lihead (Spens.), the state or nature of a beast, beastliness; Beast′liness.—adj. Beast′ly, like a beast in actions or behaviour: coarse: obscene: (colloq.) vile, disagreeable. [O. Fr. beste (Fr. bête)—L. bestia.]

Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅

  • beast
    To drink like a beast, i.e. only when thirsty.

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