Definitions
1.nounAn animal seen as being without human reason; a senseless beast.
2.nounA person with the characteristics of an unthinking animal; a coarse or brutal person."One of them was a hulking brute of a man, heavily tattooed and with a hardened face that practically screamed "I just got out of jail.""
3.noun(Cambridge University slang) One who has not yet matriculated.
4.verbTo shape (diamonds) by grinding them against each other.
5.adjectiveWithout reason or intelligence (of animals)."a brute beast"
6.adjectiveCharacteristic of unthinking animals; senseless, unreasoning (of humans).
7.adjectiveBeing unconnected with intelligence or thought; purely material, senseless."the brute earth; the brute powers of nature"
8.adjectiveCrude, unpolished.
9.adjectiveStrong, blunt, and spontaneous."I punched him with brute force."
10.adjectiveBrutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless."brute violence"