beef

Universal Words noun, verb noun 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.