beef
4 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural
beefs
plural
beefs
Britannica Dictionary definition of BEEF
1
[noncount]
:
meat from a cow
— often used before another noun
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a pound of beef
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ground beef
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I'm not eating as much beef as I used to.
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the beef industry
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beef stew [=a stew made with beef]
2
[count]
informal
:
complaint
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My real beef is with the organization's president, not the group itself.
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What's your beef?
3
[noncount]
informal
:
muscles
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a football player with a lot of beef and brawn [=a very muscular football player]
2
beef
/ˈbiːf/
verb
beefs;
beefed;
beefing
2
beef
/ˈbiːf/
verb
beefs;
beefed;
beefing
Britannica Dictionary definition of BEEF
[no object]
informal
beef up
[phrasal verb]
beef (something) up
or
beef up (something)
informal
:
to add weight, strength, or power to (something)
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Security around the city will be beefed up during the event.
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The medicine helps beef up the immune system.
