beef has definitions from the fields of zoology,chemistry,food
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[ noun ] (zoology) cattle that are reared for their meat

Synonyms

beef_cattle

Used in print

(Successful Farming, 59:12...)

This article assumes that the rations you are feeding your beef , dairy_cattle , and sheep are adequately balanced with protein , vitamins , and minerals .

Improves growth_rate and feed efficiency of fattening beef animals .

Greatest benefits have been associated with feeding low moisture corn in beef feeding programs .

Feeder cattle - 2 - 5 grams of phenothiazine daily ; beef calves - .5 to 1.5 grams daily depending_on weight of animal .

Aids in reducing the incidence and severity of bloat in beef or dairy_cattle on legume pasture .

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[ noun ] (chemistry,food) meat from an adult domestic bovine

Synonyms

boeuf

Used in print

(Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)

Cook had discovered a beef in his possession a_few days earlier and , when he could not show the hide , arrested him .

(Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)

Standing in the shelter of the tent - a rejected hospital tent on which the rain now dripped , no_longer drumming - Adam watched his own hands touch the objects on the improvised counter of boards laid across two beef barrels .

The chimney of the hut across from him was surmounted by a beef barrel with ends knocked_out .

3
[ verb ] complain

Examples

"What was he hollering about?"

Related terms

complain gripe whiner crab

4
[ noun ] informal terms for objecting

Synonyms

gripe squawk bitch kick

Examples

"I have a gripe about the service here"

Related terms

objection complain gripe

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