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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Origin and Etymology of beef
Middle English, from Anglo-French beof, bef ox, beef, from Latin bov-, bos head of cattle — more at cow
First Known Use: 13th century
beef
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
Origin and Etymology of beef
verbal derivative of 1beef
First Known Use: 1860
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