— beastlike , adj.
/beest/ , n.
1. any nonhuman animal, esp. a large, four-footed mammal.
2. the crude animal nature common to humans and the lower animals: Hunger brought out the beast in him.
3. a cruel, coarse, filthy, or otherwise beastlike person.
4. a live creature, as distinguished from a plant: What manner of beast is this?
5. the beast , the Antichrist. Rev. 13:18.
[ 1175-1225; ME be ( e ) ste beste (F bête ) bestia ]
Syn. 1. See animal. 3. cad, swine, pig, brute, savage, ogre, monster, barbarian.