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Definition of beef
beefs
play \ˈbēfs\ orbeeves
play \ˈbēvz\1 : the flesh of an adult domestic bovine (such as a steer or cow) used as food
2a : an ox, cow, or bull in a full-grown or nearly full-grown state; especially : a steer or cow fattened for food quality Texas beeves a herd of good beefb : a dressed carcass of a beef animal
3 : muscular flesh : brawn
4 plural beefs : complaint
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Examples of beef in a Sentence
I'm not eating as much beef as I used to.
My real beef is with the organization's president, not the group itself.
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The cafe serves a variety of Vietnamese dishes but is named for its signature, a beef pho (noodle soup).
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After six long years of yelling at each other on Twitter over issues like race, music and nose jobs, the pair seem to have finally put their beef behind them.
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According Campbell County Conservation District Coordinator Amy Winkler, guests may explore vineyards, equestrian centers, beef cattle operations, horticultural operations, and see antique farm equipment.
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The Fourth of July menu includes everything from watermelon and blue cheese salad to Jidori fried chicken and 12-hour beef brisket white cheddar mac ‘
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The 95-acre Restoration Farm has a small herd of beef cattle, goats, sheep and chickens.
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In addition to barbeque beef tips, visitors could choose from hamburgers, hot dogs, Italian sausage and other items.
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For empanadas filled with ricotta and spinach, chorizo and egg or beef, onions and peppers, visit Grumpy Gaucho in Plainfield on Aug. 25.
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The decision by the USDA, announced Thursday, came after Brazil suspended beef exports to the U.S. from five Brazilian slaughterhouses.
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Origin and Etymology of beef
Middle English, from Anglo-French beof, bef ox, beef, from Latin bov-, bos head of cattle — more at cow
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Definition of beef
transitive verb
: to increase or add substance, strength, or power to —usually used with up money to beef up its staff of professional economists — John Fischer
intransitive verb
: complain always beefing about something
Examples of beef in a Sentence
She's always beefing about something.
he tends to stand around and beef for hours about any slight, real or imagined
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Ethics watchdogs say the Colorado and Washington cases should spur pot states to beef up ethics commissions charged with monitoring conflicts of interest by government employees.
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The next year, Abbott and other makers of anti-seizure drugs also were forced to beef up warnings about their products’ suicide risks.
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The orchestra is bringing in two natural trumpet players and two oboists from out of town to beef up the period instrument sound.
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That changed the following year, when Donahue and Bryant made a concerted effort to beef up the Crimson Tide defense.
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Part of the government’s plan is to beef up Embratur.
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His case comes at a time when the Trump administration is seeking to ramp up hiring for Border Patrol agents as part of its program to beef up border security.
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This might include beefing up missile defenses like the THAAD system in South Korea, which the Trump administration has been rapidly installing.
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Russia has beefed up its military presence in the Arctic to levels not seen since the fall of the Soviet Union, as global interest in the region's oil, gas and rare earth metals heats up.
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Origin and Etymology of beef
verbal derivative of 1beef
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