BEAST

noun

1. Any animal other than a human; usually only applied to land vertebrates, especially large or dangerous four-footed ones.
2. (more specific) A domestic animal, especially a bovine farm animal.
3. A person who behaves in a violent, antisocial or uncivilized manner.

verb

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

adjective

1. (chiefly Midwestern and northeastern US) great; excellent; powerful