best — 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.
- ogre noun A large, ugly, monstrous creature in folklore, known for its brutish strength and appetite for humans.
- tyrant noun A ruler who governs cruelly and unfairly, often having seized power illegally.
Senses
best is used for these senses in English:
- 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).
- animal (figuratively) A person who behaves wildly; a bestial, brutal, brutish, cruel, or inhuman person.
- beast (often, _, collective) All non-human animals seen as a group.
- ogre (mythology) A type of brutish giant from folk tales that eats human flesh.
- ogre (figuratively) A cruel person.
- tyrant (by extension) Any person who abuses the power of position or office to treat others unjustly, cruelly, or harshly.
animal — full definition
- noun A living, moving organism that feeds on other organisms rather than making its own food, as distinct from plants and fungi.
- noun Any creature other than a human, especially a mammal.
- noun Informal: a person who acts in a wild, brutal, or uncontrolled way.
- adj Relating to animals, or driven by raw physical instinct rather than reason.
beast — full definition
- noun A large or dangerous four-footed animal.
- noun A cruel, violent, or uncivilised person.
- noun Informally, someone or something remarkably powerful, impressive, or difficult.