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  • 41beef — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n., informal, muscle, flesh; complaint, grievance. See strength, lamentation. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Bovine flesh used as food] Syn. cow s flesh, steer beef, ox meat, red meat, cornfed beef, steak,… …

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  • 42beef — 1 noun 1 (U) the meat from a cow: roast beef 2 (C) informal a complaint: OK, so what s the beef this time? 3 where s the beef? spoken especially AmE used when you think someone s words and promises sound good, but you want to know what they… …

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  • 43beef — говяжий beef rib спинная часть говяжьей туши beef roller троллей для говяжьих туш dressed beef разделанная говяжья туша cold beef tongue холодный говяжий язык tierced beef говяжья солонина в бочках …

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  • 44beef — n. & v. n. 1 the flesh of the ox, bull, or esp. the cow, for eating. 2 colloq. well developed male muscle. 3 (pl. beeves or US beefs) a cow, bull, or ox fattened for beef; its carcass. 4 (pl. beefs) sl. a complaint; a protest. v.intr. sl.… …

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  • 45beef — I. noun (plural beefs or beeves) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French beof, bef ox, beef, from Latin bov , bos head of cattle more at cow Date: 14th century 1. the flesh of an adult domestic bovine (as a steer or cow) used as food 2. a.… …

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  • 46beef — {{11}}beef (n.) c.1300, from O.Fr. buef ox; beef; ox hide (11c., Mod.Fr. boeuf), from L. bovem (nom. bos, gen. bovis) ox, cow, from PIE root *gwou cow, ox, bull (see COW (Cf. cow) (n.)). Original plural was beeves. {{12}}beef (v …

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  • 47beef —   Pipi.    ♦ Beef meat, i o pipi.    ♦ Beef stew, pipi kū.    ♦ Roast beef, pipi loke.    ♦ Dried or jerked beef, pipi kaula.    ♦ Beefsteak, pipi palai, pipi kō ala …

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  • 48beef up — verb to strengthen or reinforce, especially by adding material (or meat) Lets beef up the hinge, in case anybody leans on the door. See Also: beefy, beefed up, beef out, beefed out, beef …

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  • 49beef up — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms beef up : present tense I/you/we/they beef up he/she/it beefs up present participle beefing up past tense beefed up past participle beefed up informal to increase or improve something, or to make it more… …

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  • 50beef*/ — [biːf] noun [U] I the meat from a cow a slice of roast beef[/ex] II verb beef [biːf] beef sth up …

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