beef
The meat from cattle or other bovinesThe meat from cattle or other bovines; especially, that from adults.
» Tom likes beef and I do, too.
Том любит говядину, и я тоже.
Том любить яловичину, і я теж.
Meaning
9 senses(uncountable)The meat from cattle or other bovines; especially, that from adults.
I love eating beef.
He was cooking beef for lunch.
cattle that are reared for their meat
The meat from cattle or other bovines; especially, that from adults.
(countable, uncountable)The edible portions of a cow (including those which are not meat).
lean finely textured beef
boneless lean beef trimmings
(broadly, slang, uncountable)Muscle or musculature; size, strength or potency.
Put some beef into it! We've got to get the car over the bump.
We've got to get some beef into the enforcement provisions of that law.
(figuratively, slang, uncountable)Essence, content; the important part of a document or project.
The beef of his paper was a long rant about government.
Rindfleisch, Ochsenfleisch
говя́динаgovjádina, теля́тинаteljátina
я́ловичинаjálovyčyna
(uncountable)Bovine animals.
meat from an adult domestic bovine
(Canada, US, countable, uncommon)A bovine (cow or bull) being raised for its meat.
Do you want to raise beeves?
(countable, slang, uncountable)A grudge; dislike (of something or someone); lack of faith or trust (in something or someone); a reason for a dislike or grudge. (often + with)
He's got beef over what you said.
He's got a beef with everyone in the room.
afkeer (nl), heftige ergernis, Groll
(countable, slang, uncountable)A criminal charge.
(countable, uncountable)Fibrous calcite or limestone, especially when occurring in a jagged layer between shales in Dorset.
Examples
232 sentencesTom likes beef and I do, too.
Том любить яловичину, і я теж.
ruТом любит говядину, и я тоже.
I don't like beef and Tom doesn't either.
Я не люблю яловичину, і Том теж.
ruЯ не люблю говядину, и Том тоже.
deIch mag kein Rindfleisch, und Tom mag auch keines.
Tom doesn't like beef.
Том не любить яловичину.
ruТом не любит говядину.
deTom mag Rindfleisch nicht.
I don't eat beef.
Я не їм яловичину.
ruЯ не ем говядину.
I don't like beef.
Я не люблю яловичину.
ruЯ не люблю говядину.
deIch mag kein Rindfleisch.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English beef, bef, beof, borrowed from Anglo-Norman beof, Old French buef, boeFrom Middle English beef, bef, beof, borrowed from Anglo-Norman beof, Old French buef, boef (“ox”) (modern French bœuf); from Latin bovem (“ox”), from Proto-Italic *gʷōs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws. Doublet of cow.
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Forms
plural: beef / beefs / beevesSynonyms
9 synonymsWord family
58 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
4 patterns- beef stew
- roast beef
- eat beef
- like beef