beast vs estray

beast

noun
  • A domestic animal, especially a bovine farm animal. 

  • Someone who is particularly impressive, especially athletically or physically. 

  • A monstrously unusual and dangerous animal. 

  • Any animal other than a human; usually only applied to land vertebrates, especially large or dangerous four-footed ones. 

  • Anything regarded as larger or more powerful than one of its normal size or strength. 

  • A person who behaves in a violent, antisocial or uncivilized manner. 

  • A sex offender. 

  • Something unpleasant and difficult. 

  • A thing or matter, especially a difficult or unruly one. 

verb
  • to engage in sexual intercourse, particularly in an illicit context 

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

adj
  • great; excellent; powerful 

estray

noun
  • An animal that has escaped from its owner; a wandering animal whose owner is unknown. An animal cannot be an estray when on the range where it was raised, and permitted by its owner to run. A lost animal whose owner is known to the party at hand is not an estray. 

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