beef

En español: carne de res, carne de vaca, carne bovina, rotí

1. The meat from cattle or other bovines; especially, that from adults. (uncountable) · I love eating beef.· He was cooking beef for lunch.
2. The edible portions of a cow (including those which are not meat). (countable, uncountable) · lean finely textured beef· boneless lean beef trimmings
3. Muscle or musculature; size, strength or potency. (slang, uncountable) · 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.
4. Essence, content; the important part of a document or project. (figuratively, slang, uncountable) · The beef of his paper was a long rant about government.
5. Bovine animals. (uncountable)
6. A bovine (cow or bull) being raised for its meat. (US, countable) · Do you want to raise beeves?
7. 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) (countable, slang, uncountable) · He's got beef over what you said.· He's got a beef with everyone in the room.
8. A criminal charge. (countable, slang, uncountable)

Plural beef