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BEEFS
Noun
beefs
plural of beef
Synonyms
• beeves
Verb
beefs
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beef
Anagrams
• feebs
Source: Wiktionary
BEEF
Beef, n. Etym: [OE. boef, befe, beef, OF. boef, buef, F. b, fr. L. bos, bovis, ox; akin to Gr. , Skr. g cow, and E. cow. See 2d Cow.]
1. 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.
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.
Beef, a.
Definition: Of, pertaining to, or resembling, beef. Beef tea, essence of beef, or strong beef broth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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