beef

Definitions

1. cow (adult female of the species Bos taurus)
2. The meat from cattle or other bovines; especially, that from adults.
   uncountable
3. The edible portions of a cow (including those which are not meat).
   countable, uncountable
4. Muscle or musculature; size, strength or potency.
   broadly, slang, uncountable
5. leather
6. Essence, content; the important part of a document or project.
   figuratively, slang, uncountable
7. cow (woman considered unpleasant, particularly one considered fat)
8. Bovine animals.
   uncountable
9. collection
10. A bovine (cow or bull) being raised for its meat.
    Canada, US, countable, uncommon
11. 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
12. A criminal charge.
    countable, slang, uncountable
13. Fibrous calcite or limestone, especially when occurring in a jagged layer between shales in Dorset.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

51 more languages

Afrikaansbeesvleis

العربيةاللّحملَحْم بَقَر

Беларускаяялавічына

Bosanskigovedinagoveđinakosavitaговединаговеђина+ 3 more

Catalàvedella

Češtinahovězí

Cymraegcig eidion

Danskoksekød

Ελληνικάβοδινό

Esperantobovaĵo

Eestiveiseliha

فارسیگوشت گاو

Suomihäränlihahärkänaudanliharaavaanliha+ 1 more

Gaeilgemairteoil

Gàidhligmairtfheòil

Galegocarne

ગુજરાતીગોમાંસ

עבריתבקר

हिन्दीगोमांसगोश्त

Hrvatskigovedinagoveđinakosavitaговединаговеђина+ 3 more

Magyarmarhahús

Íslenskanautakjöt

Italianocarne bovinamanzo

日本語がんうんくるべビーフべらやす子寅間潙山牛牛肉雪駄の皮+ 6 more

ភាសាខ្មែរសាច់គោ

한국어-우소고기쇠고기우육+ 1 more

Kurdîrindvaca

Latinabūbula

LëtzebuergeschRëndfleesch

Lietuviųjautiena

Te Reo Māorikiko kaumīti kaupīwhi

मराठीगोमांस

Bahasa Melayudagingdaging lembu

Maltiċanga

မြန်မာအမဲသား

नेपालीबीउ

Nederlandsbiefbiefstukrundvlees

Polskikosawołowinawołowy

Portuguêscarnecarne bovinacarne de vaca

Românăviță

Русскийговядинаговяжийтелятина

Slovenčinahovädzie

Slovenščinagovedina

Gagana Samoapovi

Српскиgovedinagoveđinakosavitaговединаговеђина+ 3 more

Svenskanötköttoxeoxkött

ไทยวัวเนื้อโค

Türkçedana etisığır eti

Українськаяловичина

اردوگوشت

Tiếng Việtbò né

Examples

“I love⟳ eating beef.”

“He was cooking beef for lunch.”

“But the cars & trucks held cartons of roast chickens, slabs of cheeses, loaves of bread, racks of hotdogs, case upon case of soft drinks, cases of bottled sparkling water, pies, cakes, roast beefs & baked hams.”

“lean⟳ finely textured beef”

“boneless lean⟳ beef trimmings”

“McDonald’s has been vocal about adding more chicken to its menu, which is generally cheaper than beef. CEO Chris Kempczinski said in its most recent earnings call⟳ that it’s focused on adding “growth drivers like⟳ chicken” in an attempt⟳ to reverse slumping sales. Chicken is now on par with beef sales at its restaurants, he added.”

“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.”

“The beef of his paper was a long rant about government.”

“However, there were millions of head of beef roaming the plains of Texas.”

“Do you want⟳ to raise⟳ beeves?”

“Howbeit, that country bringeth forth certain kinds of goodly great wild bœufes: to wit, the Biſontes, mained with a collar, like⟳ Lions: and the Vri, a mightie ſtrong beaſt, and a ſwift: which the ignorant people call⟳ Buffles, whereas indeed the Buffle is bred in Affrica, and carieth ſome reſemblance of a calfe rather, or a ſtag.”

“As when two lions in the ſtill dark night / An herd of beeves ſcatter or num'rous flock / Suddenly, in the abſence of the guard, / So fled the heartleſs Greeks, […]”

“263. If he [one to whom a beef or sheep is loaned] ruins the beef or sheep that was loaned him, he is to return⟳ to the owner a beef for a beef and a sheep for a sheep.”

“Cutting out a Beef for branding”

“I remember⟳ I killed a beef one time by myself.”

“He's got beef over what you said.”

“He's got a beef with everyone in the room.”

“Remember⟳ what happened last⟳ fall⟳? That's his beef with me.”

“All I got is beef with those that violate⟳ me / I shall annihilate thee”

“I'm in prison for attempting to kill⟳ two police officers (a genuine bum beef) and am alleged to be a part of a group of mad bombers.”

“The man most recently murdered is said to have⟳ been a key defense witness in the trial of two other Indians facing hanging beefs for their alleged killing of a guard.”

“Clays, shales, sands, red and green marls, and alum shale, with occasional layers of "beef" (fibrous carbonate of lime) […] Chief "Beef" Beds, Dark (alum) shales with "beef" and selenite, beds of limestone, and layers of perished shells. Cyrena and Cyrides. Corbula Beds. Layers of shelly limestone, shale, alum shale, and marl, with "beef" and selenite.”

“Medium-grey paper shales with beef.”

“[…] beds of limestone and thin layers of 'beef' (fibrous calcite)[…]”

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