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Beef

Beef (beef)
n.(b***emacr]f)
Beef
[OE. boef, befe, beef, OF. boef, buef, F. bœef, fr. L. bos, bovis, ox; akin to Gr. boy^s, Skr. g1913 webster dictionary 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.
    [In this, which is the original sense, the word has a plural, beeves (b***emacr]vz).]

    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.
    [In this sense, the word has no plural.] "Great meals of beef." Shak.
  3. Applied colloquially to human flesh.

Beef

Beef (beef)
a.((?))
Beef
  1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, beef.

    Beef tea, essence of beef, or strong beef broth.













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