Definition of "beasts" []

• Plural form of beast. (noun)

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• "Pouring towards the boat, in a fever of excitement that rises higher every moment, the natural elements of hunger and constant struggle against the great river swell their fury; they bellow like wild beasts, _they are like beasts_, for they have known nothing but struggle all their lives; they have always, since they were tiny children, been fighting this roaring water monster -- they know none else."
• "But, Mr. Morley, I did not say _wild_ beasts: I only said _beasts_."
• "V. iv.36 (332,6) [Here comes a pair of very strange beasts] [W: unclean beasts] _Strange beasts_ are only what we call _odd_ animals."