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beast
Noun
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A beast is a large animal.
It isn't fit for man nor beast out there.
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A beast is a monster.
There was a terrible beast in the movie.
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If something is a beast it is very difficult or unpleasant.
Yes, this language is a beast.
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If something is a beast it is very big or powerful.
The truck he drove was huge, a real beast.
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If a person is a beast, they are wild, violent or uncivilized.
How dare you touch me like that! You beast!
beast
Verb
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If someone beasts they make others do hard exercises, either as training or as punishment.
epic
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noun
(= epic poem)
a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
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adjective
(= heroic)
very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale)
an epic voyage
of heroic proportions
heroic sculpture
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adjective
constituting or having to do with or suggestive of a literary epic
epic tradition