beast

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. An animal other than a human, especially a large four-footed mammal.
2. n. New England & Southern U.S. A large domestic animal, especially a horse or bull.
3. n. Animal nature as opposed to intellect or spirit: "So far the beast in us has insisted upon having its full say” ( William Dean Howells).
4. n. A brutal, contemptible person.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A living being; an animal: in this extended sense now only in dialectal or colloquial use.
2. n. Any four-footed animal, as distinguished from fowls, insects, fishes, and man: as, beasts of burden; beasts of the chase; beasts of the forest. It is applied chiefly to large animals.
3. n. Any irrational animal, as opposed to man, as in the phrase man and beast, where beast usually means horse.
4. n. plural In rural economy, originally all domestic animals, but now only cattle; especially, fatting cattle as distinguished from other animals.
5. n. In a limited specific use, a horse: as, my beast is tired out.
6. n. Figuratively, a brutal man; a person rude, coarse, filthy, or acting in a manner unworthy of a rational creature.
7. n. [In this use also spelled as orig. pron., bāste, ⟨ F. beste, now béte, in same sense.] An old game of cards resembling loo. A penalty or forfeit at this game, and also in ombre and quadrille.

Wiktionary

1. n. Any animal other than a human; usually only applied to land vertebrates.
2. n. A person who behaves in a violent, antisocial or uncivilized manner.
3. n. A large and impressive automobile
4. v. to impose arduous exercises, either as training or as punishment.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. Any living creature; an animal; -- including man, insects, etc.
2. n. Any four-footed animal, that may be used for labor, food, or sport.
3. n. any animal other than a human; -- opposed to man.
4. n. Fig.: A coarse, brutal, filthy, or degraded fellow.
5. n. A game at cards similar to loo.
6. n. A penalty at beast, omber, etc. Hence: To be beasted, to be beaten at beast, omber, etc.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
2. n. a cruelly rapacious person