beef : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: beef	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for beef
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beef n cattle that are reared for their meat [syn: beef, {beef cattle}] meat from an adult domestic bovine Synonym(s): beef, boeuf informal terms for objecting; "I have a gripe about the service here" Synonym(s): gripe, kick, beef, bitch, squawk v complain; "What was he hollering about?" [syn: gripe, bitch, grouse, crab, beef, squawk, bellyache, holler]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beef \Beef\ (b[emac]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[omac] 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[emac]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.] [bd]Great meals of beef.[b8] --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.