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# beast

«beast» in Mova's school dictionary: **a large, wild or frightening animal** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a beast, beasts); (slang) adjective-like use

### meaning for a pupil

1) A beast is a large, wild or frightening animal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beast/#m1)

2) A beast is a cruel or nasty person. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beast/#m2)

3) (informal) A beast is something very big, powerful or difficult: «That maths test was a beast.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beast/#m3)

4) (slang) Someone who is a beast at something is amazingly good at it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beast/#m4)

5) Beast can also be a gentle word for a small animal, such as a pet or a creature we feel sorry for. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beast/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In fairy tales, «Beauty and the Beast». In the Bible (Bible), «beasts of the field» means animals; in the Book of Revelation «the beast» is an evil figure. In sport slang, «he's a beast» is praise. Phrases: «beast of burden» (an animal that carries loads).

### examples

- The beast roared in the dark forest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beast/#x1)
- Beauty learned the Beast was kind inside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beast/#x2)
- That homework was a beast! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beast/#x3)
- She's a beast at football — she scored five goals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beast/#x4)
- Donkeys are beasts of burden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beast/#x5)
- The bully was a real beast to the younger kids. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beast/#x6)
- Chuchundra is a broken-hearted little beast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beast/#x7)

### note

Countable. Adjective: beastly (old-fashioned UK for nasty). Slang «beast» can be praise or insult — the tone tells you.

### In the corpora

- [I can't bear to see that poor beast so unhappy ...](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/52-willows-ch8-part1-the-gaolers-daughter/16/)
- [The true story already has a giraffe from Africa that the emperor's court mistook for a lucky magical beast.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/56-china-the-ming-and-zheng-he-s-voyages/6/)
- [Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.60/)
- [(22-18) Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.634/)
- [And ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.161/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «beast» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beast/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.