beef

Speech parts

1. beef - Noun

2. beef - Adjective

3. beef - Verb

Meaning

An animal of the genus Bos, especially the common species, B. taurus, including the bull, cow, and ox, in their full grown state; esp., an ox or cow fattened for food.

The flesh of an ox, or cow, or of any adult bovine animal, when slaughtered for food.

Applied colloquially to human flesh.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, beef.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

gripe squawk carp grouse meat cattle protest kick complaint objection complain bitch crab grievance holler
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Antonyms

crow kudos adore agreement answer approval
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Hypernyms

meat cattle plain kick cows objection

Hyponyms

durham Angus longhorn galloway shorthorn hereford

Related terms

beefy

Phrases with the word

where's the beef beef up beef mami beef biltong beef liver beef steak

Derivatives

beeves

Anagrams

feeb

Examples

Chicken fat, beef fat, fish fat, fried foods - these are the foods that fuel our fat genes by giving them raw materials for building body fat. Neal Barnard

I once sat on the rim of a mesa above the Rio Grande for three days and nights, trying to have a vision. I got hungry and saw God in the form of a beef pie. Edward Abbey

I am for joining a free trade zone. The European Union is not such zone, but a zone of raging bureaucracy which stears every hectolitre of wine, and every tone of beef. Janusz Korwin-Mikke

Beef to the heels like a Mullingar heifer. Irish Proverb

Honour buys no beef. English Proverb

A kiss without a moustache is like beef without mustard. Italian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Beeding Beedle beedom beef bayonet beef biltong beef bourguignon