Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun beef

3 senses of beef

Sense 1
beef, beef cattle -- (cattle that are reared for their meat)
       => cattle, cows, kine, oxen, Bos taurus -- (domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age; "so many head of cattle"; "wait till the cows come home"; "seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible; "a team of oxen")

Sense 2
beef, boeuf -- (meat from an adult domestic bovine)
       => meat -- (the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food)

Sense 3
gripe, kick, beef, bitch, squawk -- (informal terms for objecting; "I have a gripe about the service here")
       => objection -- (the speech act of objecting)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb beef

1 sense of beef

Sense 1
gripe, bitch, grouse, crab, beef, squawk, bellyache, holler -- (complain; "What was he hollering about?")
       => complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch -- (express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about")