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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ 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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ 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]

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) 2.0 :   [ 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,
            crab, squawk, bellyache, holler]
       [also: beeves (pl)]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  beef
     a.
     1 Being a bovine animal that is being raised for its meat.
     2 produce or known for raise lots of #Noun.
     3 consist of or containing #Noun as an ingredient.
     4 (lb en slang) (1: beefy); powerful; robust.
     n.
     1 (senseid en meat) (lb en uncountable) The meat from a cow, bull(,)
  or other bovine.
     2 # (lb en in the meat industry on product packaging) The edible
  portions of a cow (including those which are not meat).
     3 # (lb en by extension slang uncountable) muscle or musculature;
  size, strength or potency.
     4 # (lb en figurative slang uncountable) essence, content; the
  important part of a document or project.
     5 (lb en uncountable) bovine animals.
     6 (lb en now chiefly North American countable now uncommon plural
  ''beeves'') A bovine (cow or bull) being raised for its meat.
     7 (lb en slang uncountable or countable plural ''beefs'') 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'')
     8 (lb en Dorset) fibrous calcite or limestone, especially when
  occurring in a jagged layer between shales in Dorset.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive slang) To complain.
     2 (lb en transitive slang) To add weight or strength to.
     Dutch vb.
     (infl of nl beven  1 s pres ind ; imp)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  beef
     a.
     1 Being a bovine animal that is being raised for its meat.
     2 produce or known for raise lots of #Noun.
     3 consist of or containing #Noun as an ingredient.
     4 (lb en slang) (1: beefy); powerful; robust.
     n.
     1 (senseid en meat) (lb en uncountable) The meat from a cow, bull(,)
  or other bovine.
     2 # (lb en in the meat industry on product packaging) The edible
  portions of a cow (including those which are not meat).
     3 # (lb en by extension slang uncountable) muscle or musculature;
  size, strength or potency.
     4 # (lb en figurative slang uncountable) essence, content; the
  important part of a document or project.
     5 (lb en uncountable) bovine animals.
     6 (lb en now chiefly North American countable now uncommon plural
  ''beeves'') A bovine (cow or bull) being raised for its meat.
     7 (lb en slang uncountable or countable plural ''beefs'') 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'')
     8 (lb en Dorset) fibrous calcite or limestone, especially when
  occurring in a jagged layer between shales in Dorset.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive slang) To complain.
     2 (lb en transitive slang) To add weight or strength to.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  beef
     Dutch vb.
     (infl of nl beven  1 s pres ind ; imp)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  beef
     Dutch vb.
     (infl of nl beven  1 s pres ind ; imp)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  beef
     Englanti n.
     1 nauta (häränliha, naudanliha, pihviliha)
     2 nauta (lihakarjan merkityksessä)
     3 (kuva) todellinen sisältö t. merkittävä vaikutus, "pihvi"
     Englanti vb.
     1 (''beef up'') jämäköittää, tukevoittaa, vahvistaa
     2 (yhteys: afroamerikkalaista slangia) pitää vihaa joidenkin välillä,
  tapella, kiistellä

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  beef
     Engelska n.
     1 (tagg kat=djur språk=en) nötkreatur
     2 (tagg kat=kött språk=en) nötkött

From Afrikaans-German FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.3 :   [ freedict:afr-deu ]

  beef /bˈiəf/
  beben, zittern, zucken

From Afrikaans-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:afr-eng ]

  beef /bˈiəf/
  quiver, shiver, tremble

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  beef /bˈiːf/
  beesvleis

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Beef /bˈiːf/
  اللّحم

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  beef //bif// //biːf// 
  гове́ждо
  meat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  beef /bˈiːf/
  hovězí maso

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  beef /bˈiːf/ 
  brblat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  beef /bˈiːf/ 
  hovězí

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  beef /bˈiːf/
   [coll.] Meinungsverschiedenheit , Unstimmigkeit , Differenz , Dissens  [geh.]
           Note: mit jdm.
     Synonyms: difference of opinion, divergence of opinion, disagreement, dissension
  
   see: differences of opinion, divergences of opinion, disagreements, dissensions, beefs, a clash of opinion, settle your differences with sb.
  
           Note: with sb.

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  beef /bˈiːf/
  Rindfleisch , Rind  [cook.]
        "free-range beef"  - Rindfleisch aus Freilandhaltung
   see: salted beef, pastured beef
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  beef /bˈiːf/
  Unmutsäußerung , Missfallensäußerung , Beschwerde 
           Note: über etw.
        "be sb.'s beef (about/with sb./sth.)"  - jdm. nicht passen (an jdm./etw.), jdm. gegen den Strich gehen (bei jdm./etw.)
        "have a beef/gripe (about/with sb./sth.)"  - sich über jdn./etw. beschweren, an jdm./etw. etwas auszusetzen haben
        "My main beef/gripe about the job is that …"  - Was mich an der Arbeit am meisten stört, ist, dass …
        "Here's another one of my beefs with the hotel:"  - An dem Hotel stört mich außerdem noch etwas anderes:
        "He has a beef/gripe with education in our country."  - An der Schulbildung in unserem Land hat er einiges auszusetzen.
        "I have no beefs/gripes with that approach at all."  - An diesem Vorgehen habe ich überhaupt nichts auszusetzen.
        "What's your beef?"  - Was passt dir denn nicht?
        "What's his latest beef/gripe?"  - Was passt ihm denn schon wieder nicht?, Was hat er denn jetzt wieder auszusetzen?
        "What's the beef this time?"  - Was passt ihm denn schon wieder nicht?, Was hat er denn jetzt wieder auszusetzen?
     Synonym: gripe
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  beef /bˈiːf/ 
   [coll.] meckern  [ugs.]
           Note: über
   see: beefing, beefed
  
           Note: about

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  beef /bˈiːf/
  
  βοδινό

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  beef //bif// //biːf// 
  naudanliha, häränliha
  meat

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  beef /biːf/
  bœuf

From English-Irish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.2 :   [ freedict:eng-gle ]

  beef /biːf/
  mairteoil

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  beef /bˈiːf/ 
  1. गो~मांस
        "Some communities don't eat beef."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  beef /bˈiːf/
  biftek, govedina, goveče, mesni

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  beef /bˈiːf/
  1. marhahús
  2. izomzat
  3. izomerô
  4. panaszkodás
  5. zsémbelés
  6. nyafogás

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  beef //bif// //biːf// 
  daging sapi
  meat

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  beef /bˈiːf/
  manzo

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  beef //bif// //biːf// 
  牛肉, ビーフ
  meat

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  beef /biːf/
  jautiena

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  beef //bif// //biːf// 
  oksekjøtt
  meat

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  beef /bi:f/ 
    wołowina

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  beef /biːf/
  carnedeboi

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  beef /biːf/
  carnedevaca

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  beef //bif// //biːf// 
  nötkött
  meat

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  beef /bˈiːf/
  1. sığır eti
  2. sığır
  3. (k.dili.) adale kuvveti, ağlrlık
  4. (A.B.D.) (argo)  şikâyet
  5. (argo) şikâyet etmek. beef up (argo) kuvvetlendirmek. beef extract et suyu hulâsasu. beef tea sığır eti suyu.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈbif/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  268 Moby Thesaurus words for "beef":
     Brahman, Indian buffalo, 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,
     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, 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
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 牛肉;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 牛肉;肌肉;体力,重量
     v. 长膘,加强,充实

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