1 [U] meat that comes from a cow:
roast / minced beef * The farm has both beef and dairy cattle. * a joint / fillet of beef
seealsoCORNEDBEEF
2 [C] (informal) a complaint:
What's his latest beef?
verb [V] ~ (about sb/sth) (informal) to complain a lot about sb/sth:
Don't just beef about it-do something!
PHRASALVERBS
beef sth<->up (informal) to make sth bigger, better, more interesting, etc:
Security has been beefed up for the royal visit. * They're taking on more workers to beef up production.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is beef a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, beef is tagged as noun.
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