Beefnoun
(uncountable) The meat from a cow, bull, or other bovine.
âI love eating beef.â;
Oxnoun
An adult castrated male of cattle (B. taurus).
Beefnoun
The edible portions of a cow (including those which are not meat).
âlean finely textured beefâ; âboneless lean beef trimmingsâ;
Oxnoun
Any bovine animal (genus Bos). A neat, a beef.
Beefnoun
(uncountable) Bovine animals.
Oxnoun
The male of bovine quadrupeds, especially the domestic animal when castrated and grown to its full size, or nearly so. The word is also applied, as a general name, to any species of bovine animals, male and female.
âAll sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field.â;
Beefnoun
A single bovine (cow or bull) being raised for its meat.
âDo you want to raise beeves?â;
Oxnoun
an adult castrated bull of the genus Bos; especially Bos taurus
Beefnoun
Muscle or musculature; size, strength or potency.
âPut some beef into it! We've got to get the car over the bump.â; âWe've got to get some beef into the enforcement provisions of that law.â;
Oxnoun
any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos
Beefnoun
Essence, content; the important part of a document or project.
âThe beef of his paper was a long rant about government.â;
Oxnoun
a domesticated bovine animal kept for milk or meat; a cow or bull
âhe was tall and broad and as strong as an oxâ;
Beefnoun
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)
âHe's got a beef with everyone in the room.â; âHe's got beef over what you said.â; âRemember what happened last fall? That's his beef with me.â;
Oxnoun
a castrated bull used as a draught animal
âan ox cartâ;
Beefverb
(intransitive) To complain.
Oxnoun
used in names of wild animals related to or resembling a domesticated ox, e.g. musk ox.
Beefverb
(transitive) To add weight or strength to, usually as beef up.
âSince you stopped running, you are really beefing out.â;
Ox
An ox (plural oxen), also known as a bullock (in BrE, AusE& IndE), is a male bovine trained and used as a draft animal. Oxen are commonly castrated adult male cattle; castration inhibits testosterone and aggression, which makes the males docile and safer to work with.
Beefverb
To fart; break wind.
âUgh, who just beefed in here?â;
Beefverb
To feud or hold a grudge against.
âThose two are beefing right now - best you stay out of it for now.â;
Beefverb
To cry
âDavid was beefing last night after Ruth told him offâ;
Beefadjective
Being a bovine animal that is being raised for its meat.
âWe bought three beef calves this morning.â;
Beefadjective
Producing or known for raising lots of beef.
âbeef farmsâ; âbeef countryâ;
Beefadjective
Consisting of or containing beef as an ingredient.
âbeef stewâ;
Beefnoun
An animal of the genus Bos, especially the common species, Bos taurus, including the bull, cow, and ox, in their full grown state; esp., an ox or cow fattened for food.
âA herd of beeves, fair oxen and fair kine.â;
Beefnoun
The flesh of an ox, or cow, or of any adult bovine animal, when slaughtered for food.
Beefnoun
Applied colloquially to human flesh.
Beefadjective
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, beef.
Beefnoun
cattle that are reared for their meat
Beefnoun
meat from an adult domestic bovine
Beefnoun
informal terms for objecting;
âI have a gripe about the service hereâ;
Beefverb
complain;
âWhat was he hollering about?â;
Beefnoun
the flesh of a cow, bull, or ox, used as food
âbeef cattleâ; âthere was the smell of roast beefâ;
Beefnoun
a cow, bull, or ox fattened for its meat
âa beef sent to the abattoirâ;
Beefnoun
flesh with well-developed muscle
âhe needs a little more beef on his bonesâ;
Beefnoun
strength or power
âhe was brought in to give the team more beefâ;
Beefnoun
the substance of a matter
âit's more a sketch than a policyâwhere's the beef?â;
Beefnoun
a complaint or grievance
âhe has a beef with education: it doesn't teach the basics of investingâ;
Beefnoun
a criminal charge
âgetting caught with pot in the sixties was a narco beefâ;
Beefverb
complain
âhe was beefing about how the recession was killing the businessâ;
Beef
Beef is the culinary name for meat from cattle, particularly skeletal muscle. Humans have been eating beef since prehistoric times.