beef

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: beef

1	n	meat from an adult domestic bovine
2	n v	informal terms for objecting complain

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: beef

Types:: ground beef, hamburger
beef that has been ground; bully beef, corn beef, corned beef
beef cured or pickled in brine; pastrami
highly seasoned cut of smoked beef

Type of:: meat
the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food

Types:: show 8 types...; hide 8 types...; Texas longhorn, longhorn
long-horned beef cattle formerly common in southwestern United States; Santa Gertrudis
Brahman and shorthorn crossbreed of red cattle; hardy in hot regions; Aberdeen Angus, Angus, black Angus
black hornless breed from Scotland; Charolais
large white or cream-colored breed from France; Durham, shorthorn
English breed of short-horned cattle; Galloway
breed of hardy black chiefly beef cattle native to Scotland; Hereford, whiteface
hardy English breed of dairy cattle raised extensively in United States; beefalo, cattalo
hardy breed of cattle resulting from crossing domestic cattle with the American buffalo; yields leaner beef than conventional breeds

Type of:: Bos taurus, cattle, cows, kine, oxen
domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age

Type of:: complain, kick, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off
express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness

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