1.  the quality present in a thing or person that gives intense pleasure or deep satisfaction to the mind, whether arising from sensory manifestations (as shape, color, sound, etc.), a meaningful design or pattern, or something else (as a personality in which high spiritual qualities are manifest).

2.  a beautiful person.

3.  a beautiful thing, as a work of art or a building.

4.  Often, beauties. something that is beautiful in nature or in some natural environment.

5.  an individually pleasing or beautiful quality; grace; charm: a vivid blue area that is the one real beauty of the painting.

6.  Informal . a particular advantage: One of the beauties of this medicine is the freedom from aftereffects.

7.  something excellent of its kind.