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beasts

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/biːsts/ English

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noun

  1. Any animal other than a human; usually only applied to land vertebrates, especially large or dangerous four-footed ones.
  2. (more specific) A domestic animal, especially a bovine farm animal.
  3. A person who behaves in a violent, antisocial or uncivilized manner.
  4. Anything regarded as larger or more powerful than one of its normal size or strength.“That is a beast of a stadium.”

verb

  1. To impose arduous exercises, either as training or as punishment.

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