English dictionary
brute
/'bR/u/t/eI/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
adjective
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Not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unconscious; without intelligence or volition; as, the <i>brute</i> earth; the <i>brute</i> powers of nature.
Source: webster1913
noun
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a cruelly rapacious person
Source: WordNet 3.0
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a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
Source: WordNet 3.0
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An animal destitute of human reason; any animal not human; esp. a quadruped; a beast.
Source: webster1913
adjective satellite
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resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility
ExamplesBrute force.
Source: WordNet 3.0
verb
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To report; to bruit.
Source: webster1913