Definition of Beast

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Definition of Beast

Beast

Any living creature; an animal; -- including man, insects, etc.

Any four-footed animal, that may be used for labor, food, or sport; as, a beast of burden.

As opposed to man: Any irrational animal.

Fig.: A coarse, brutal, filthy, or degraded fellow.

A game at cards similar to loo.

A penalty at beast, omber, etc. Hence: To be beasted, to be beaten at beast, omber, etc.

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Beast Quotations

An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.
Buddha

He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.
Aristotle

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
Aristotle

If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast in the forest.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

The will is a beast of burden. If God mounts it, it wishes and goes as God wills; if Satan mounts it, it wishes and goes as Satan wills; Nor can it choose its rider... the riders contend for its possession.
Martin Luther

The public is a ferocious beast; one must either chain it or flee from it.
Voltaire

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
Francis Bacon

A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.
Albert Camus

I wanted to know the name of every stone and flower and insect and bird and beast. I wanted to know where it got its color, where it got its life - but there was no one to tell me.
George Washington Carver

What an ugly beast the ape, and how like us.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Beast Translations

beast in Afrikaans is dier
beast in Danish is dyr
beast in Dutch is dier, beest
beast in German is Bestie, Biest, Tier, Tier
beast in Latin is bestia
beast in Norwegian is udyr
beast in Portuguese is besta

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