(uncountable) The noun "beef" refers to the meat from a cow or other bovine, as well as the edible portions of a cow, muscle or musculature, and the essence or important part of a document or project.

(uncountable) Bovine animals.

(now chiefly Canada, US, countable, now uncommon, plural beeves) A bovine (cow or bull) being raised for its meat.

(slang, uncountable or countable, plural beefs) A grudge; dislike (of something or someone); lack of faith or trust (in something or someone); a reason for a dislike or grudge. (often + with)

(Dorset) Fibrous calcite or limestone, especially when occurring in a jagged layer between shales in Dorset.

(intransitive, slang) To complain.

(transitive, slang) To add weight or strength to.

(intransitive, slang) To fart; break wind.

(intransitive, chiefly Yorkshire) To cry.

(transitive, slang) To fail or mess up.

(chiefly African-American Vernacular, MLE, MTE, intransitive, slang) To feud or hold a grudge against.

Being a bovine animal that is being raised for its meat.

Producing or known for raising lots of beef.

Consisting of or containing beef as an ingredient.

(slang) Beefy; powerful; robust.