beef

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

beef

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

beef

past (v2)

beefed

past participle (v3)

beefed

present participle

beefing

3rd person singular

beefs

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.The meat from cattle or other bovines; especially, that from adults.

   • He was cooking beef for lunch.
   • The beef of his paper was a long rant about government.
   • Put some beef into it! We've got to get the car over the bump.

2. 2.Bovine animals.

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

3. 3.A bovine (cow or bull) being raised for its meat.

   • I remember I killed a beef one time by myself.
   • Do you want to raise beeves?

4. 4.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)(slang)

   • 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.

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To complain.(slang)

   • "Who's Precious?" she beefed when she saw the big tattoo running down my inner arm.
   • “Don't you like the Red Room?” “The Red Room!” I gathered from his manner that he had not come to beef about his sleeping accommodation.

2. 2.To add weight or strength to.(slang)

   • First off, the axle housing was beefed by welding areas where extreme loading is evident (black marked areas).

3. 3.To fart; break wind.(slang)

   • Ugh, who just beefed in here?

4. 4.To cry.

   • David was beefing last night after Ruth told him off.

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