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Etymology
From OF. boef (modern: b�uf) "ox"; presumably from L. bos (ox).
Image:Choice.gif|thumb|right|200px|A chunk of beef.

Pronunciation
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-i�f|-i�f

Noun
en-noun|plbeef|pl2beefs|pl3=beeves

1. uncountable The meat from a cow, bull or other bovine.

#:I hate eating beef.

1. countable Would be "a side of beef". A chunk, cut or piece not being the whole piece, cf ham.
2. context|archaic|countable|plural: beef or beeves A generic term for a cow or bull.

#:Do you want to raise beeves?

1. context|countable|plural: beefs'' a complaint or disagreement

#:He has a beef with anyone who tells him otherwise.

Translations
trans-top|meat
Bosnian: govedina f, teletina f, junetina f
Breton (Brezhoneg): bevin
Catalan: vedella f
Chinese: �� (niúròu)
Croatian: govedina f, teletina f, junetina f
Czech: hov�zí n
Danish: bøf
Dutch: bief=biefstuk (beefsteak), rundsvlees
Finnish: naudanliha, häränliha (meat from a bull)
French: b�uf m
German: Rindfleisch n
Italian: manzo m
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Japanese: �� (�����, gyūniku), ��� (bīfu)
Lithuanian: jautiena f
Maltese: �anga f
Polish: wo�owina f
Russian: гов�дина(govyadina) f
Scottish Gaelic: feòil-mhairt f
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: говедина f, �еле�ина f, ��не�ина f
:Roman: govedina f, teletina f, junetina f
Slovene: govedina f, teletina f
Swedish: nötkött n
Telugu: �వ�/�ద�ద� మా�స� (aavu/eddu maaMsaM) or ��ద�/ద�న�న మా�స� (gaede/dunna maaMsaM)
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trans-top|cow or bull
Danish: ko (cow), tyr (bull)
Dutch: rund n
Finnish: nauta#Finnish|nauta
French: bovin m
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German: Rind n
Italian: bue da macello m
Swedish: nötkreatur n
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Derived terms
rel-top|terms derived from beef (noun)
beefcake
beef jerky
beefsteak
beef stew
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beefy
bully beef
corned beef
where's the beef?
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See also
beefwood

Category:English nouns with irregular plurals
Category:English words with multiple plurals

Verb
en-verb

1. intransitive To complain.
2. transitive To add weight or strength to, usually as beef up.

#: Since you stopped running, you are really beefing out.

Dutch

Verb
beef

1. First person singular of beven (to tremble)
2. Singular imperative of beven

#:Sidder ende beef!

Category:Cattle
Category:Meats

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