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Definition of 'beef'Noun
(uncountable) The meat from a cow, bull or other bovines.
- I love eating beef .
# The edible portions of a cow (including those which are not meat).
- lean finely textured beef
- boneless lean beef trimmings
(uncountable) Bovine animals.
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A single bovine (cow or bull) being raised for its meat.
- Do you want to raise beeves ?
a grudge (+ with )
- He has a beef with anyone who tells him otherwise.
- He has beef with anyone who tells him otherwise.
(slang|uncountable) muscle, size, strength
- Put some beef into it! We've got to get the car over the bump.
- We've got to get some beef into the enforcement provisions of that law.
(slang|uncountable) essence, content
- The beef of his paper was a long rant about government.
Synonyms
* (meat of a cow)
Hyponyms
* (meat of a cow) veal
Derived terms
* beefcake
* beef jerky
* beef on weck
* beefsteak
* beef stew
* lean finely textured beef
( rel-mid)
* boneless lean beef trimmings
* beefy
* bully beef
* corned beef
* where's the beef?
( rel-bottom)
Related terms
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See also
* beefwood
Verb
( en-verb)
To complain.
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To add weight or strength to, usually as beef up.
- Since you stopped running, you are really beefing out.
(slang) To fart.
- Ugh, who just beefed in here?
(slang) To feud.
- Those two are beefing right now - best you stay out of it for now.
(intransitive|chiefly|Yorkshire) To cry
- David was beefing last night after Ruth told him off
Derived terms
* beef up
* beef out
Adjective
( -)
Being a bovine animal that is being raised for its meat.
- We bought three beef calves this morning.
Producing]] or known for raising lots of [[#Noun|beef.
- beef farms
- beef country
Consisting]] of or containing [[#Noun|beef as an ingredient.
- beef stew
Related terms
* beefy
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