beef
To complainTo complain.
» Tom likes beef and I do, too.
Том любит говядину, и я тоже. — marafon
Том любить яловичину, і я теж. — deniko
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7 senses(intransitive, slang)To complain.
complain
(slang, transitive)To add weight or strength to.
(intransitive, slang)To fart; break wind.
Ugh, who just beefed in here?
(Yorkshire, intransitive)To cry.
David was beefing last night after Ruth told him off.
(slang, transitive)To fail or mess up.
I beefed my presentation hard yesterday.
(Multicultural London English, intransitive, slang)To feud or hold a grudge against.
Those two are beefing right now — best you stay out of it.
(Australia, intransitive, slang)To sing or speak loudly; to cry out.
Examples
232 sentencesTom likes beef and I do, too.
Том любить яловичину, і я теж. — deniko
ruТом любит говядину, и я тоже. — marafon
I don't like beef and Tom doesn't either.
Я не люблю яловичину, і Том теж. — deniko
ruЯ не люблю говядину, и Том тоже. — marafon
deIch mag kein Rindfleisch, und Tom mag auch keines. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom doesn't like beef.
Том не любить яловичину. — deniko
ruТом не любит говядину. — Biga
deTom mag Rindfleisch nicht. — Yorwba
I don't eat beef.
Я не їм яловичину. — deniko
ruЯ не ем говядину. — Balamax
I don't like beef.
Я не люблю яловичину. — deniko
ruЯ не люблю говядину. — marafon
deIch mag kein Rindfleisch. — Luiaard
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
beefs, beefing, beefed, beefedPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
7 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
4 patterns- beef stew
- roast beef
- eat beef
- like beef