Without reason or intelligence (of animals). / Characteristic of unthinking animals; senseless, unreasoning (of humans). / Unconnected with intelligence or thought; purely material, senseless.

(archaic) An animal seen as being without human reason; a senseless beast. / A person with the characteristics of an unthinking animal; a coarse or brutal person.

(transitive) To shape (diamonds) by grinding them against each other.

Obsolete spelling of bruit

plural of brute

simple past tense and past participle of brute

The state or quality of being brute.

In a rude or violent manner.

present participle of brute

A method of accomplishing something primarily by means of strength, without the use of great skill, mechanical aids or thought.