VividLex

Home / Dictionary / beef

beef

11 senses · Free VividLex dictionary · Thesaurus

  1. 1. n. 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. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. The flesh of an ox, or cow, or of any adult bovine animal, when slaughtered for food. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. Applied colloquially to human flesh. Source: opted
  4. 4. a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, beef. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. cattle that are reared for their meat Source: wordnet
  6. 6. n. meat from an adult domestic bovine Source: wordnet
  7. 7. n. informal terms for objecting Source: wordnet
  8. 8. v. complain Source: wordnet
  9. 9. 1. An word/animal">animal of the word/genus">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 (.] 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. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, beef. Beef tea, essence of beef, or strong beef broth. Source: webster
  10. 10. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, beef. Beef tea, essence ofbeef, or strong beef broth. Source: adambom
  11. 11. v:6/n:94 n. cattle that are reared for their meat n. meat from an adult domestic bovine Source: ecdict

Thesaurus links

Related headwords in VividLex — dictionary ↔ thesaurus bridge for exploration and SEO depth.

From the definitions

Open full thesaurus page for beef · Language as a Lens

Explore more

Search dictionary Related words Home
beedom
beef Bourguignonne