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beef [ beef ]
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1. The flesh of a cow, bull, or ox, used as food.
He warmed and ate some of the beef but didn't sleep.
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2. A cow, bull, or ox fattened for its meat.
‘Get in those saddles and let's get these beeves movin’!’
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3. Flesh with well-developed muscle.
He's got a bit more beef on his bones now, but he's lost none of his cheerful, boyish looks.
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4. Strength or power.
he was brought in to give the team more beef
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5. The substance of a matter.
it's more a sketch than a policy— where's the beef?
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6. A complaint or grievance.
Address beefs and concerns directly, not behind peoples’ backs.
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7. A criminal charge.
getting caught with pot in the sixties was a narco beef
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Verb
1. Complain.
Because of that he still felt like beefing about something
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Beef up
1. (beef something up, beef up something) Give more substance or strength to something.
cost-cutting measures are planned to beef up performance
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Origin
1. Middle English from Old French boef, from Latin bos, bov- ‘ox’.
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