beauty

noun

1. (uncountable)The quality of being (especially visually) attractive, pleasing, fine or good-looking; comeliness.

   “A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: / Its loveliness increases; it will never / Pass into nothingness; but still will keep / A bower quiet for us, and a sleep / Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.”

   “‘Say, hast thou seen enough!’ ‘I have looked on beauty, and I am blinded,’ I said hoarsely, lifting my hand to cover up my eyes.”

   “Warwick's first glance had revealed the fact that the young woman was strikingly handsome, with a stately beauty seldom encountered.”

   “"The aviators didn't get him," Denham replied slowly. "What?" "It was Beauty. As always Beauty killed the Beast."”

   “Much as one appreciates the beauty of these woodlands, it was good to learn that some discreet tree-felling may open up the view still further.”

2. (countable, uncountable)Someone who is beautiful.

   “Brigitte Bardot was a renowned beauty.”

   “The website calls a vote for Alyona a vote against "beauties who do not look natural and who cannot be distinguished from each other" and rails against the "imposed standards" of 90-60-90 vital statistics, and "cigarettes with out nicotine and coffee without caffeine".”

3. (countable, in-plural, uncountable)Those aspects or elements that make someone or something beautiful.

   “There the roſy-finger'd Spring, by the liquid mirror of a cryſtalline pool, was attiring her fair daughters in ſeven-fold ornaments, while the love-whiſpering breezes ſtole kiſſes as they paſſed, and fanned their glowing beauties.”

4. (countable, uncountable)Something that is particularly good or pleasing.

   “What a goal! That was a real beauty!”

5. (countable, uncountable)An excellent or egregious example of something.

   “He got into a fight and ended up with two black eyes – two real beauties!”

6. (countable, uncountable)The excellence or genius of a scheme or decision.

   “The beauty of the deal is it costs nothing!”

7. (countable, obsolete, particle, uncountable)A beauty quark (now called bottom quark).
8. (countable, uncountable)Beauty treatment; cosmetology.

   “a hair and beauty salon”

   “When the beauty team departs the set, the AD will say, “Let’s go on a bell.” A bell sounds throughout the stage, and […]”

9. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion.

   “Menander in the comedy brings in a man turning his wife from his house, because she stained her hair yellow, which was then the beauty.”

10. (archaic, countable, in-plural, uncountable)Beautiful passages or extracts of poetry.

intj

1. (Canada)Thanks!
2. (Canada)Cool!

   “It's the long weekend. Beauty!”

adj

1. (Canada)Of high quality, well done.

   “He made a beauty pass through the neutral zone.”

verb

1. (obsolete, transitive)To make beautiful.