beast
part of speech
noun (a beast, beasts); (slang) adjective-like use
meaning for a pupil
1) A beast is a large, wild or frightening animal. tree →
2) A beast is a cruel or nasty person. tree →
3) (informal) A beast is something very big, powerful or difficult: «That maths test was a beast.» tree →
4) (slang) Someone who is a beast at something is amazingly good at it. tree →
5) Beast can also be a gentle word for a small animal, such as a pet or a creature we feel sorry for. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: An animal, wild or tame. The Torah divides beasts into clean and unclean ones and forbids lying with them. Interpretation: The rabbis explain the clean beasts as those that chew the cud and have split hooves. The ban on lying with a beast is read as a serious crime that is punished by death. In the primary lessons: In fairy tales, «Beauty and the Beast». In the Bible (Bible), «beasts of the field» means animals; in the Book of Revelation «the beast» is an evil figure. In sport slang, «he's a beast» is praise. Phrases: «beast of burden» (an animal that carries loads).
examples
- Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. (Torah DEU.27.21, JPS 1917) tree →
- Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death. (Torah EXO.22.19, JPS 1917) tree →
- And he that smiteth a beast mortally shall make it good: life for life. (Torah LEV.24.18, JPS 1917) tree →
- The burden of the beasts of the South. (Prophets ISA.30.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- Then the beasts go into coverts, and remain in their dens. (Writings JOB.37.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- Who smote the first-born of Egypt, both of man and beast. (Writings PSA.135.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- The beast roared in the dark forest. tree →
- Beauty learned the Beast was kind inside. tree →
- That homework was a beast! tree →
- She's a beast at football — she scored five goals. tree →
- Donkeys are beasts of burden. tree →
- The bully was a real beast to the younger kids. tree →
- Chuchundra is a broken-hearted little beast. tree →
note
Countable. Adjective: beastly (old-fashioned UK for nasty). Slang «beast» can be praise or insult — the tone tells you.
In the corpora
- Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made.
- (22-18) Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.
- And ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.
- And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death; and ye shall slay the beast.
- And he that smiteth a beast mortally shall make it good: life for life.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «beast» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.