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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Beef \Beef\ (b[=e]f), n. [OE. boef, befe, beef, OF boef, buef, F. b[oe]ef, fr L. bos, bovis, ox akin to Gr boy^s, Skr. g[=o] cow, and E. cow. See 2d {Cow}.] 1. 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. Note: [In this which is the original sense the word has a plural, beeves (b[=e]vz).] A herd of beeves, fair oxen and fair kine. --Milton. 2. The flesh of an ox or cow, or of any adult bovine animal, when slaughtered for food. Note: [In this sense the word has no plural.] ``Great meals of beef.'' --Shak. 3. Applied colloquially to human flesh. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Beef \Beef\, a. Of pertaining to or resembling, beef. {Beef tea}, essence of beef, or strong beef broth. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: beef n 1: cattle that are reared for their meat [syn: {beef cattle}] 2: meat from an adult domestic bovine [syn: {boeuf}] 3: informal terms for objecting; "I have a gripe about the service here" [syn: {gripe}, {kick}, {bitch}, {squawk}] v : complain; "What was he hollering about?" [syn: {gripe}, {grouse}, {squawk}, {bellyache}, {holler}]
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