- beef⇄adj. beefless.
- beef⇄beef, noun, pl.beeves(for 2,)beefs(for 5,) verb.
- beef⇄expr. beef up, (Slang.)
a. to make greater; enlarge.
Ex. The company plans to beef up benefits to retired workers.
b. to increase the power of; strengthen.
Ex. to beef up an engine. - beef⇄noun 1. meat from a steer, cow, or bull.
Ex. Mother had some beef ground up for hamburgers.
2. a steer, cow, or bull when full-grown and fattened for food.
Ex. The cattleman drove the beeves into the corral.
3. (Informal, Figura - beef⇄v.i. (Slang.) to complain.
Ex. They began to whine and beef about seeing museums (New Yorker). - beef⇄v.t. to fatten or slaughter (a steer) for food.