beast B1 Topic:Animals US /ˈbiːst/ UK /biːst/ See IPA manual Freq #2358 Meanings 1 noun An animal, especially a large or dangerous wild one. Lions, tigers, and other wild beasts roamed the plain. 2 noun Something unusually large, powerful, or hard to deal with. That new sports car is an absolute beast. 3 noun A cruel or brutal person. He was a beast to his younger brother. Thesaurus Word family Forms beasts Related forms belluine Common collocations wretched beast Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From Middle English beeste, beste, from Old French beste (French bête), from Latin bēstia (“animal, beast”); many cognates – see bēstia. beeste Middle English beste Old French bēstia Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Animals External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # beast **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈbiːst/ **IPA (UK):** /biːst/ **Frequency rank:** 2358 ## Meanings 1. An animal, especially a large or dangerous wild one. 2. Something unusually large, powerful, or hard to deal with. 3. A cruel or brutal person. ## Examples - Lions, tigers, and other wild beasts roamed the plain. - That new sports car is an absolute beast. - He was a beast to his younger brother. ## Related Forms - belluine ## Roots and Affixes - Root: beeste - Root: beste - Root: bēstia ## Etymology From Middle English beeste, beste, from Old French beste (French bête), from Latin bēstia (“animal, beast”); many cognates – see bēstia. ## AI Etymology Beast comes from Middle English beeste, beste, from Old French beste (French bête), from Latin bēstia (“animal, beast”); many cognates – see bēstia. ## Topics - Animals markdown