beef

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: beef cattleboeufgripekickbitchsquawkgrousecrabbellyacheholler

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. cattle that are reared for their meatSynonyms: beef cattle
  2. meat from an adult domestic bovineSynonyms: boeuf
  3. informal terms for objecting“I have a gripe about the service here”Synonyms: gripekickbitchsquawk

Verb (1)

  1. complain“What was he hollering about?”Synonyms: gripebitchgrousecrabsquawkbellyacheholler
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Webster's Dictionary (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]

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]

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