Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
beef, beef cattle
(noun) cattle that are reared for their meat
gripe, kick, beef, bitch, squawk
(noun) informal terms for objecting; “I have a gripe about the service here”
beef, boeuf
(noun) meat from an adult domestic bovine
Source: WordNet® 3.1
beeves
(archaic or humorous) plural of beef: cows, bulls, or steers.
• beefs
Source: Wiktionary
Beeves, n.
Definition: ; plural of Beef, the animal.
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
29 May 2025
(adjective) characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; “a critical reading”; “a critical dissertation”; “a critical analysis of Melville’s writings”
Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.