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| beef [ beef ] |
noun |
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| Definition: |
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1. meat from cattle: meat from a cow, heifer, bull, or steer
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2. (plural beeves [ beevz ] or beef) animal used for beef: a cow, heifer, bull, or steer being raised for meat
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3. strength: muscular strength or effort
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informal
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4. (plural beefs)
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slang
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Same as complaint (sense 1) (sense 2)
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intransitive verb (past and past participle beefed, present participle beef·ing, 3rd person present singular beefs) |
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| Definition: |
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(
slang
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Same as complain (sense 1)
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| [12th century. Via Anglo-Norman boef< stem of Latin bos "ox"] |
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