- any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal.
- the crude animal nature common to humans and the lower animals: Hunger brought out the beast in him.
- a cruel, coarse, filthy, or otherwise beastlike person.
- a live creature, as distinguished from a plant: What manner of beast is this?
- the Antichrist. Revelation 13:18.
- any animal other than man, esp a large wild quadruped
- savage nature or characteristics
- a brutal, uncivilized, or filthy person
- to punish or torture (someone) in a manner that involves excessive physical exercise
