beef
IPA: bˈif
noun
- (uncountable) The meat from a cow, bull, or other bovine.
- (in the meat industry, on product packaging) The edible portions of a cow (including those which are not meat).
- (by extension, slang, uncountable) Muscle or musculature; size, strength or potency.
- (figurative, slang, uncountable) Essence, content; the important part of a document or project.
- (uncountable) Bovine animals.
- (now chiefly Canada, US, countable, now uncommon, plural beeves) A bovine (cow or bull) being raised for its meat.
- (slang, uncountable or countable, plural beefs) A grudge; dislike (of something or someone); lack of faith or trust (in something or someone); a reason for a dislike or grudge. (often + with)
- (Dorset) Fibrous calcite or limestone, especially when occurring in a jagged layer between shales in Dorset.
verb
- (intransitive, slang) To complain.
- (transitive, slang) To add weight or strength to.
- (intransitive, slang) To fart; break wind.
- (intransitive, chiefly Yorkshire) To cry.
- (transitive, slang) To fail or mess up.
- (chiefly African-American Vernacular, MLE, MTE, intransitive, slang) To feud or hold a grudge against.
adjective
- Being a bovine animal that is being raised for its meat.
- Producing or known for raising lots of beef.
- Consisting of or containing beef as an ingredient.
- (slang) Beefy; powerful; robust.
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Examples of "beef" in Sentences
- We had beef for dinner.
- The beef fillet was served.
- They ate beef in a galore amount.
- They knawed the beef with their awl.
- The beef was basted with prune juice.
- Beef and noodles is another homespun dish.
- The taste of the meat is very close to good beef.
- Isn't this just a cut of meat like beef tenderloin
- The beef is then covered with the cheddar and bacon.
- In the other areas, beef and pork are the most used types of meat.
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