Definitions for beef

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IPA: /bif/

Beef is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 17 anagrams from letters in beef (beef).

Definitions for beef

noun

  1. the flesh of a cow, steer, or bull raised and killed for its meat.
  2. an adult cow, steer, or bull raised for its meat.
  3. Informal. brawn; muscular strength. strength; power. weight, as of a person. human flesh.
  4. Slang. a complaint. an argument or dispute.

Verb phrases

  1. beef up, to add strength, numbers, force, etc., to; strengthen: to increase or add to:

verb (used without object)

  1. Slang. to complain; grumble.

Origin of beef

1250-1300; 1885-90 for def 5; Middle English Anglo-French beof, Old French boef Latin bov- (stem of bōs) ox, cow; akin to cow1

Examples for beef

My beef is not with Jolie, whom I congratulate on her work, and admire as human being simply trying to do a little bit of good.

The beef began three days ago, when Snoop posted an unflattering Iggy meme to his Instagram.

This is also a show that decided that in order to get better it needed to beef up its female presence.

A roast of beef meant a visit, in Dr. Ed's modest-paying clientele.

The freezer is filled with meat, sides of beef and large pieces of lamb.

Come, man, you must be as hungry as a hawk—a slice of the beef?

Champagne, which is also acidic, offers a nice complement to anything from tuna tartare to beef bourguignon.

We were out of pork and beef, and our fire-wood was nearly gone.

Falling in with an American in the Bay of Biscay, we got a barrel of beef which lasted us in.

In carving a round of beef, slice it horizontally and very thin.

Word Value for beef
Scrable

9

Words with friends

10

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