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bestia — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • animal noun A living, moving organism that feeds on other organisms rather than making its own food, as distinct from plants and fungi.
  • beast noun A large or dangerous four-footed animal.
  • boorish adjective Rude, crude, or lacking in manners.
  • brute noun A rough, violent, or unthinking person.

Senses

bestia is used for these senses in English:

  • Beast (biblical) A figure in the Book of Revelation (Apocalypse), often identified with Satan or the Antichrist.
  • animal (science) Any member of the kingdom Animalia of multicellular organisms that are usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing them from plants and fungi) and which derive energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (further distinguishing them from plants).
  • beast (often, _, collective) All non-human animals seen as a group.
  • beast A person who behaves in a violent, antisocial or uncivilized manner.
  • boorish Behaving as a boor; rough in manners.
  • brute (archaic) An animal seen as being without human reason; a senseless beast. [from 17th c.]
  • watch it (idiomatic) To be careful or cautious; to pay attention to what one is doing (usually imperative).

animal — full definition

  1. noun A living, moving organism that feeds on other organisms rather than making its own food, as distinct from plants and fungi.
  2. noun Any creature other than a human, especially a mammal.
  3. noun Informal: a person who acts in a wild, brutal, or uncontrolled way.
  4. adj Relating to animals, or driven by raw physical instinct rather than reason.

beast — full definition

  1. noun A large or dangerous four-footed animal.
  2. noun A cruel, violent, or uncivilised person.
  3. noun Informally, someone or something remarkably powerful, impressive, or difficult.

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