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beef

/bif/noun, verb1 syllable

Beef means: complain.

Synonyms for beef11

noun, as in informal terms for objecting

gripe, kick, bitch, squawk

noun, as in cattle that are reared for their meat

beef cattle

noun, as in meat from an adult domestic bovine

boeuf

verb, as in complain

gripe, bitch, grouse, crab, squawk, bellyache, holler

also used for beef

beef up

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What does beef mean?4

verb

1

complain“What was he hollering about?”

noun

1

informal terms for objecting“I have a gripe about the service here”

2

cattle that are reared for their meat

3

meat from an adult domestic bovine

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with beef?11

two syllables

reliefbeliefmotifsharif

three syllables

disbelief
Show 40 near rhymes
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Beef in a sentence

  • When a cow was butchered, we had meat and beef fat.eeyinn
  • I asked you to buy beef, not pork.CK
  • Carrots, onions, potatoes, beef... what else do you want to put in?end
  • Which would you rather eat tonight, beef or pork?CK
  • Have you ever received injections of serum of horse, beef, lamb, or another animal?Eccles17
  • Foxes eat chicken, but they prefer to dine upon roast beef.DJ_Saidez
  • Beef stock was the base of the soup.jmfcomo
  • Lentils are a good substitute for ground beef.shekitten

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of beef

as a noun

plural
beefs

as a verb

past tense
beefed
present participle
beefing
third-person singular
beefs
past participle
beefed