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Etymology
From OF. beste (French: bête), from L. bestia, animal, beast

Pronunciation
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:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-i�st|-i�st

Noun
en-noun

1. Any animal other than a human; usually only applied to vertebrates, sometimes excluding birds.
2. <!--DefB--> A person who behaves in a violent, antisocial or uncivilised manner.

Translations

<!--DefA-->animal

Arabic: ARchar|�حش m
Catalan: bèstia f
Chinese: �足� / �足� (sì zú shoù), � / � (shoù), 禽� / 禽� (qín shoù)
Czech: zví�e n
Dutch: beest n
Finnish: eläin, selkärankainen (vertebrate)
French: bête f
German: Tier n, Bestie f
Greek: κ�ήνο� (ktínos) n, θη�ίο (thirío) n, θε�ι� (therió) n
Hebrew: ���� (behema) f
Ido: bestio
Italian: bestia#Italian|bestia f
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Japanese: wild beast: �� (����, yajyū), savage beast: �� (�����, m�jyū)
Latvian: pl�sonis
Ndebele: belchew n, ibde n
Polish: zwierz� n, bestia f
Portuguese: fera f
Russian: мон��� (monstr) m, зве�� (zver�) m, ��ди�е (�údiš�e) n, ��дови�е (�udóviš�e) n
Slovene: zver f
Spanish: bestia#Spanish|bestia f
Swedish: best c
Telugu: ��త�వ� (jaMtuvu)

<!--DefB-->violent/antisocial person

Arabic: ARchar|�ت�حش m
Catalan: bèstia f
Chinese: ������人; �� (chù sh�ng)
Dutch: beest n
Finnish: hirviö, peto
German: Biest n
Greek: κ�ήνο� [�kti.no�s] n, θη�ίο [θi.�ri.o�] n, θε�ι� [θe�.�r�o�] n
mid
Hebrew: ���� (behema) f
Japanese: � (��� (kemono), ���� (kedamono))
Polish: bestia f, bydlak m, bydl� n
Portuguese: fera f
Russian: мон��� (monstr) m, зве�� (zver�) m, ��дови�е (�udóviš�e) n
Slovene: zver f, zverina f
Telugu: పశ�వ� (paSuvu)

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ttbc|Slovak: zver m|f, zviera n, Å¡elma f

Derived terms
beast fable
beast of burden
beast of draft
beast of prey
beastie
beastly
beastmaster
lobola-beast

Related terms
behemoth
bestial
bestiality
bestiary
bête noire
bêtise
hartebeest
titanothere
wildebeest

Transitive verb
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en-verb

1. (British military) to impose arduous exercises, either as training or as punishment.

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