'Beef' definitions:
Definition of 'beef'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Beef'
From: GCIDE
- 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, Bos 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).] [1913 Webster]
- A herd of beeves, fair oxen and fair kine. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Applied colloquially to human flesh. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Beef'
From: GCIDE
- Beef \Beef\ (b[=e]f), a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, beef. [1913 Webster]
- Beef tea, essence of beef, or strong beef broth. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'beef'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- air a grievance,
- altercation,
- amperage,
- arm,
- armipotence,
- aurochs,
- authority,
- avoirdupois,
- beef cattle,
- beef extract,
- beef tea,
- beefiness,
- beefing,
- beeves,
- bellyache,
- bellyaching,
- bickering,
- bison,
- bitch,
- bitching,
- black power,
- bleat,
- blow off,
- boggle,
- bossy,
- bouillon,
- bovine,
- bovine animal,
- boycott,
- Brahman,
- brawl,
- brawn,
- brawniness,
- brute force,
- buffalo,
- bull,
- bullock,
- bully,
- bully beef,
- calf,
- call in question,
- carabao,
- cattle,
- challenge,
- charge,
- charisma,
- charqui,
- chipped beef,
- clamor,
- clout,
- cogence,
- cogency,
- complain,
- complaining,
- complaint,
- compulsion,
- compunction,
- cow,
- crab,
- critter,
- croak,
- cry out against,
- dairy cattle,
- dairy cow,
- deadweight,
- demonstrate,
- demonstrate against,
- demonstration,
- demur,
- demurrer,
- destructive criticism,
- dint,
- dispute,
- dissent,
- dogie,
- dried beef,
- drive,
- duress,
- effect,
- effectiveness,
- effectuality,
- elasticity,
- energy,
- enter a protest,
- exception,
- expostulate,
- expostulation,
- falling-out,
- fatness,
- faultfinding,
- flower power,
- force,
- force majeure,
- forcefulness,
- fret,
- fret and fume,
- full blast,
- full force,
- fuss,
- gravity,
- grievance,
- grievance committee,
- gripe,
- griping,
- groan,
- groaning,
- gross weight,
- grouch,
- ground beef,
- grouse,
- grousing,
- growl,
- grumble,
- grumbling,
- grunt,
- hamburger,
- heaviness,
- heft,
- heftiness,
- heifer,
- holler,
- hornless cow,
- howl,
- huskiness,
- Indian buffalo,
- indignation meeting,
- influence,
- involuntary muscle,
- jerky,
- kick,
- kicking,
- kine,
- leppy,
- liveweight,
- lodge a complaint,
- main force,
- main strength,
- mana,
- march,
- maverick,
- might,
- might and main,
- mightiness,
- milch cow,
- milcher,
- milk cow,
- milker,
- moxie,
- muley cow,
- muley head,
- murmur,
- murmuring,
- muscle,
- muscle power,
- muscularity,
- musculature,
- musk-ox,
- mutter,
- neat,
- neat weight,
- net,
- net weight,
- nonviolent protest,
- object,
- objection,
- overbalance,
- overweight,
- ox,
- oxen,
- pastrami,
- peeve,
- peevishness,
- pet peeve,
- petulance,
- physique,
- picket,
- picketing,
- pizzazz,
- ponderability,
- ponderosity,
- ponderousness,
- poop,
- potence,
- potency,
- potentiality,
- poundage,
- power,
- power pack,
- power structure,
- power struggle,
- powerfulness,
- prepotency,
- press objections,
- productiveness,
- productivity,
- protest,
- protest demonstration,
- protestation,
- puissance,
- pull,
- punch,
- push,
- qualm,
- querulousness,
- raise a howl,
- rally,
- register a complaint,
- remonstrance,
- remonstrate,
- remonstration,
- rhubarb,
- roast beef,
- salt beef,
- scolding,
- scruple,
- sinew,
- sinewiness,
- sinews,
- sit in,
- sit-in,
- sniping,
- squabble,
- squawk,
- squawking,
- state a grievance,
- steam,
- steer,
- stirk,
- stot,
- strength,
- strike,
- strong arm,
- suet,
- superiority,
- superpower,
- take on,
- teach in,
- teach-in,
- thew,
- thewiness,
- thews,
- tiff,
- tone,
- tonnage,
- underweight,
- validity,
- vehemence,
- vigor,
- vim,
- virility,
- virtue,
- virulence,
- vitality,
- voluntary muscle,
- wattage,
- weight,
- weightiness,
- whining,
- wisent,
- yak,
- yammer,
- yap,
- yapping,
- yawp,
- yearling,
- yell bloody murder,
- yelp,
- zebu
Words containing 'Beef'
- beef up,
- beefed up,
- beefing,
- Baron of beef,
- Beef tea,
- Bully beef,
- Cheek of beef,
- Hung beef,
- Mess beef,
- Round of beef,
- To collar beef,
- beef bourguignonne,
- beef broth,
- beef burrito,
- beef cattle,
- beef fondue,
- beef goulash,
- beef jerky,
- beef loin,
- beef man,
- beef neck,
- beef on the hoof,
- beef patty,
- beef plant,
- beef roast,
- beef stew,
- beef stock,
- beef stroganoff,
- beef tallow,
- beef tapeworm,
- beef tenderloin,
- beef tongue,
- beef wellington,
- beefed-up,
- corn beef,
- corned beef,
- cut of beef,
- ground beef,
- roast beef,
- side of beef,
- Beef-witted,
- belgian beef stew,
- corned beef hash,
- roast beef plant