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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun brute has 2 senses
- brute(n = noun.person) beast, savage, wildcat, wolf - a cruelly rapacious person; is a kind of aggressor, assailant, assaulter, attacker
- brute(n = noun.tops) animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement; is a kind of being, organism
is a member of animal kingdom, animalia, kingdom animalia
has particulars: pest, critter, creepy-crawly, darter, peeper, homeotherm, homoiotherm, homotherm, ectotherm, poikilotherm, range animal, varment, varmint, scavenger, work animal, domestic animal, domesticated animal, feeder, migrator, molter, moulter, pet, stayer, stunt, marine animal, marine creature, sea animal, sea creature, female, male, adult, offspring, young, pureblood, purebred, thoroughbred, giant, survivor, mutant, herbivore, insectivore, acrodont, pleurodont, zooplankton, conceptus, embryo, fertilized egg, chordate, invertebrate, metazoan, omnivore, predator, predatory animal, prey, quarry, game, hexapod, biped, larva, racer, fictional animal, captive, mate
has parts: caput, head, face
Adjective brute has 1 sense
- brute(s = adj.all) beastly, bestial, brutal, brutish - resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility; "beastly desires"; "a bestial nature"; "brute force"; "a dull and brutish man"; "bestial treatment of prisoners"
CIDE DICTIONARY
brute, a. [F. brut, nasc., brute, fem., raw, rough, rude, brutish, L. brutus stupid, irrational: cf. It. & Sp. bruto.].
- Not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unconscious; without intelligence or volition; as, the brute earth; the brute powers of nature. [1913 Webster]
- Not possessing reason, irrational; unthinking; as, a brute beast; the brute creation. [1913 Webster]"A creature . . . not prone
And brute as other creatures, but endued
With sanctity of reason." [1913 Webster] - Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, a brute beast. Hence: Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless; as, brute violence. Macaulay. [1913 Webster]"The influence of capital and mere brute labor." [1913 Webster]
- Having the physical powers predominating over the mental; coarse; unpolished; unintelligent. [1913 Webster]"A great brute farmer from Liddesdale." [1913 Webster]
- Rough; uncivilized; unfeeling. [1913 Webster]
brute, n.
- An animal destitute of human reason; any animal not human; esp. a quadruped; a beast. [1913 Webster]"Brutes may be considered as either aërial, terrestrial, aquatic, or amphibious." [1913 Webster]
- A brutal person; a savage in heart or manners; as unfeeling or coarse person. [1913 Webster]"An ill-natured brute of a husband." [1913 Webster]
Syn. -- See Beast.
brute, v. t. [For bruit.].
To report; to bruit. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
brute, n. & adj.
--n.
1 a a brutal or violent person or animal. b colloq. an unpleasant person.
2 an animal as opposed to a human being.
--adj.
1 not possessing the capacity to reason.
2 a animal-like, cruel. b stupid, sensual.
3 unthinking, merely material (brute force; brute matter).
--n.
1 a a brutal or violent person or animal. b colloq. an unpleasant person.
2 an animal as opposed to a human being.
--adj.
1 not possessing the capacity to reason.
2 a animal-like, cruel. b stupid, sensual.
3 unthinking, merely material (brute force; brute matter).
Derivative
brutehood n. brutish adj. brutishly adv. brutishness n.
Etymology
F f. L brutus stupid