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beef

beef is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.The flesh of an ox, or cow, or of any adult bovine animal, when slaughtered for food. Note: [In this sense, the word has no plural.] "Great meals of beef." Shak.
  2. 2.Applied colloquially to human flesh.
  3. 3.Of, pertaining to, or resembling, beef. Beef tea, essence of beef, or strong beef broth.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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