• Albanian: bishë
• Arabic:
• Catalan: bèstia
• Chinese: 四足兽 / 四足獸 (sì zú shoù), 獸 / 兽 (shoù), 禽兽 / 禽獸 (qín shoù)
• Czech: zvíře
• Dutch: beest
• Finnish: eläin, selkärankainen (vertebrate)
• French: bête
• German: Tier , Bestie
• Greek: κτήνος (ktínos) , θηρίο (thirío) , θεριό (therió)
• Hebrew: בהמה (behema)
• Ido: bestio
• Italian: bestia
• Japanese: wild beast: 野獣 (やじゅう, yajyū), savage beast: 猛獣 (もうじゅう, mōjyū)
• Latvian: plēsonis
• Ndebele: belchew , ibde
• Polish: zwierzę , bestia
• Portuguese: fera , besta
• Russian: монстр (monstr) , зверь (zver’) , чудище (čúdišče) , чудовище (čudóvišče)
• Serbian: zver , čudovište , životinja
• Slovene: zver
• Spanish: bestia
• Swedish: best
• Telugu: జంతువు (jaMtuvu)

• Albanian: bishë
• Arabic:
• Catalan: bèstia
• Chinese: 凶暴而残忍的人; 畜生 (chù shēng)
• Dutch: beest
• Finnish: hirviö, peto
• German: Biest
• Greek: κτήνος [ˈkti.no̞s] , θηρίο [θi.ˈri.o̞] , θεριό [θe̞.ˈrʝo̞]
• Hebrew: בהמה (behema)
• Japanese: 獣 (けもの (kemono), けだもの (kedamono))
• Polish: bestia , bydlak , bydlę
• Portuguese: fera , besta
• Russian: монстр (monstr) , зверь (zver’) , чудовище (čudóvišče)
• Slovene: zver , zverina
• Telugu: పశువు (paSuvu)

• ttbc Slovak: zver m|f, zviera , šelma

Derived terms

• beast fable
• beast of burden
• beast of draft
• beast of prey
• beastie
• beastly
• beastmaster
• lobola-beast

Related terms

• bestial
• bestiality
• bestiary
• bête noire
• bêtise
• hartebeest
• wildebeest

Verb

1. to impose arduous exercises, either as training or as punishment.

A beast is an animal, especially a four-legged mammal.

Beast or BEAST may refer to:

• Beast (Disney character)
• Beast (comics), a Marvel Comics superhero
• Beast (video game), an ASCII game made in 1984
• Beast (TV series), a British sitcom
• Beasts (TV series), a horror programme by Nigel Kneale
• Beasts (race), a fictional race in Phantasy Star
• Beast (dog), a fictional dog in The Hills Have Eyes
• Beast (novel), a novel by Ally Kennen
• Beast of Gévaudan, a wolf or wolves responsible for the deaths of 99 people in France
• BEAST or Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theatre
• Beast or Shadow of the Beast, a video game
• Beast or Milwaukee's Best, a beer
• Beast, a guitar model by B.C. Rich
• SBO Beast!, a guitar from SBO Custom Guitars
• Beast, slang meaning "skilled"

The Beast may refer to:

• The Beast (1988 film)
• The Beast (1996 film)
• The Beast (album), an album by Polish death metal band Vader
• The Beast (Bible), often identified with Satan and the Antichrist
• The Beast (Buffyverse), a fictional demon in the TV series Angel
• The Beast of Craggy Island, from the TV series Father Ted
• The Beast (comics), a fictional demon in the Marvel Comics universe
• The Beast (game), an alternate reality game promoting A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
• "The Beast" (Neon Genesis Evangelion episode)
• The Beast (newspaper), a Buffalo, New York newspaper
• The Beast (roller coaster), a wooden roller coaster located at Kings Island near Cincinnati, Ohio
• The Beast (TV series), a short-lived 2001 TV series
• The Beast (wrestler), the stage name of Yvon Cormier, a retired Canadian professional wrestler

The Beast may also refer to:

• A fictional demonic villain from Doctor Who
• A 1991 novel thriller by Peter Benchley
• The villain of the Poltergeist films
• A song by the Fugees from The Score
• The main antagonist of Kung Fu Hustle
• A cross country race organised by Poole Athletic Club
• A nickname for the Presidential State Car (United States)
• A nickname for the fictional battlestar Pegasus in the re-imagined series of Battlestar Galactica

People nicknamed The Beast

• Júlio Baptista, a Brazilian football player
• Michael Beasley, a United States basketball player
• Jimmie Foxx, a United States baseball player
• Dan Severn, a mixed martial arts fighter
• Chris Gage, Drummer of garage rock band, The Machiavellis

See also

• Beauty and the Beast (disambiguation)
• Number of the Beast (disambiguation)

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