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beef

[ beef ]

noun

plural beeves beefs
  1. the flesh of a cow, steer, or bull raised and killed for its meat.
  2. an adult cow, steer, or bull raised for its meat.
  3. Informal.
    1. brawn; muscular strength.
    2. strength; power.
    3. weight, as of a person.
    4. human flesh.
  4. Slang.
    1. a complaint.
    2. an argument or dispute.


verb (used without object)

  1. Slang. to complain; grumble.

verb phrase

    1. to add strength, numbers, force, etc., to; strengthen:

      During the riots, the nighttime patrol force was beefed up with volunteers.

    2. to increase or add to:

      to beef up our fringe benefits.

beef

/ 产颈藧蹿 /

noun

  1. the flesh of various bovine animals, esp the cow, when killed for eating
  2. 产别别惫别蝉产颈藧惫锄 an adult ox, bull, cow, etc, reared for its meat
  3. informal.
    human flesh, esp when muscular
  4. beefs a complaint
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. slang.
    intr to complain, esp repeatedly

    he was beefing about his tax

  2. informal.
    troften foll byup to strengthen; reinforce
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 产别别蹿顎僱别蝉蝉 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of beef1

First recorded in 1250鈥1300; 1885鈥90 beef fordef 5; Middle English, from Anglo-French beof, Old French boef, from Latin bov- (stem of 产艒蝉 ) 鈥渙x, cow鈥; akin to cow 1
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of beef1

C13: from Old French boef , from Latin 产艒蝉 ox; see cow 1
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Idioms and Phrases

In addition to the idiom beginning with beef , also see where's the beef .
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Example Sentences

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Are you involved in a beef with another musician at the moment?

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You don鈥檛 have to say with whom, but are you currently involved in a beef with anyone in music?

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He鈥檚 now preparing to avoid the U.S. tariff system as much as he can, beefing up his roster of international clients and shipping products directly to them from China.

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They slow-cook the beef in Indonesian spices for four hours before layering it with sauerkraut, mayo, sweet mustard, and pickles on sourdough.

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Many American farmers use growth hormones as a standard part of their beef production, something that was banned in the UK and the European Union in the 1980s.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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