beef
/bif/ noun A1- The meat from cattle or other bovines; especially, that from adults. · I love eating beef.· He was cooking beef for lunch.
- The edible portions of a cow (including those which are not meat). · lean finely textured beef· boneless lean beef trimmings
- Muscle or musculature; size, strength or potency. · 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.
- Essence, content; the important part of a document or project. · The beef of his paper was a long rant about government.
- Bovine animals.
- A bovine (cow or bull) being raised for its meat. · Do you want to raise beeves?
- 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) · He's got beef over what you said.· He's got a beef with everyone in the room.
- A criminal charge.
Plural beef
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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If we get rid of them, we shall fall into the hands of unskillful operators, and thus suffer a double death: for you may be assured, that though all the Butchers should perish, yet will men never want beef.”
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