beef

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|Q192628}} {{lb|en|uncountable}} The [[meat]] from [[cattle]] or other [[bovine]]s; especially, that from adults.
2. {{lb|en|uncountable}} [[bovine|Bovine]] animals.
3. {{lb|en|now|chiefly|North American|countable|now|uncommon|plural ''beeves''}} A [[bovine]] ([[cow]] or [[bull]]) being raised for its [[meat]].
4. {{lb|en|slang|uncountable|or|countable|plural ''beefs''}} 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]]'')
5. {{lb|en|prison slang}} A criminal [[charge]].
6. {{lb|en|Dorset}} [[fibrous|Fibrous]] [[calcite]] or [[limestone]], especially when occurring in a jagged layer between [[shale]]s in [[Dorset]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive|slang}} To [[complain#Verb|complain]].
2. {{lb|en|transitive|slang}} To add weight or strength to.
3. {{lb|en|intransitive|slang}} To [[fart]]; break wind.
4. {{lb|en|intransitive|chiefly|Yorkshire}} To [[cry]].
5. {{lb|en|transitive|slang}} To [[fail]] or [[mess up]].
6. {{lb|en|chiefly|_|AAVE|MLE|MTE|intransitive|slang}} To [[feud]] or hold a [[grudge]] against.
7. {{lb|en|intransitive|slang|Australia}} To sing or speak loudly; to cry out.

Adjective

1. Being a [[bovine]] [[animal]] that is being [[raise]]d for its [[meat]].
2. [[produce|Producing]] or known for [[raise|raising]] lots of [[#Noun|beef]].
3. [[consist|Consisting]] of or [[contain]]ing [[#Noun|beef]] as an [[ingredient]].
4. {{lb|en|slang}} {{cap|beefy}}; [[powerful]]; [[robust]].

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