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# brute

«brute» in Mova's school dictionary: **A cruel, violent or rough person** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a brute, brutes); adjective (brute)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A cruel, violent or rough person. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brute/#m1)

2) (old) A big, strong animal, especially a wild one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brute/#m2)

3) (adjective) Using only strength, not thinking: brute force, brute strength. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brute/#m3)

4) (informal) Something big and hard to manage: «this box is a brute to carry». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brute/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, the villain or a bully is a brute. In science and computing, «brute force» means trying every possibility, for example trying every password or every number. Phrases: brute force, brute strength, you brute!

### examples

- The brute pushed everyone out of his way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brute/#x1)
- He opened the door by brute force. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brute/#x2)
- The bear was a huge brute. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brute/#x3)
- Don't be such a brute to your brother! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brute/#x4)
- Trying every combination of the lock is a brute-force method. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brute/#x5)
- This suitcase is a brute to lift. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brute/#x6)
- "What is that brute of a cowherd doing? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brute/#x7)

### note

Related: brutal, brutality. In maths puzzles, a brute-force method checks every case one by one.

### In the corpora

- [Toad struts along the high road, miles from home, singing his own praises: brain has beaten brute force!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/48-willows-ch6-part4-twenty-years-in-the-dungeon/0/)
- [Toad: «Smart piece of work that! … Brain against brute force—and brain came out on the top».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/48-willows-ch6-part4-twenty-years-in-the-dungeon/16/)
- [«I feel like a brute,» says the Rat.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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