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Been vs Beef - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between been and beef

is that been is leg or been can be bone as a material while beef is (uncountable) the meat from a cow, bull or other bovines.

As a verb beef is

to complain.

As an adjective beef is

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

been

English

(wikipedia been)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Alternative forms

* (obsolete) ybe (see y-).

Verb

(head)
  • (obsolete) were
    • Assembled been a senate grave and stout. — Fairfax.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) been, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (head)

    • See also

    * for forms of be

    Statistics

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    References

    Vaux, Bert and Scott Golder. 2003. The Harvard Dialect Survey: been. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Linguistics Department. English auxiliary verb forms English irregular past participles English terms with homophones ----

    beef

    English

    (wikipedia beef)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The meat from a cow, bull or other bovines.
    • I love eating beef .
  • # The edible portions of a cow (including those which are not meat).
  • lean finely textured beef
  • boneless lean beef trimmings
  • (uncountable) Bovine animals.
  • *
  • A single bovine (cow or bull) being raised for its meat.
    • Do you want to raise beeves ?
  • a grudge (+ with )
    • He has a beef with anyone who tells him otherwise.
    He has beef with anyone who tells him otherwise.
  • (slang, uncountable) muscle, size, strength
    • Put some beef into it! We've got to get the car over the bump.
    We've got to get some beef into the enforcement provisions of that law.
  • (slang, uncountable) essence, content
    • The beef of his paper was a long rant about government.

    Synonyms

    * (meat of a cow)

    Hyponyms

    * (meat of a cow) veal

    Derived terms

    * beefcake * beef jerky * beef on weck * beefsteak * beef stew * lean finely textured beef * boneless lean beef trimmings * beefy * bully beef * corned beef * where's the beef?

    Related terms

    *

    See also

    * beefwood

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To complain.
  • *
  • To add weight or strength to, usually as beef up.
    • Since you stopped running, you are really beefing out.
  • (slang) To fart.
    • Ugh, who just beefed in here?
  • (slang) To feud.
    • Those two are beefing right now - best you stay out of it for now.
  • (intransitive, chiefly, Yorkshire) To cry
    • David was beefing last night after Ruth told him off

    Derived terms

    * beef up * beef out

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Being a bovine animal that is being raised for its meat.
    • We bought three beef calves this morning.
  • Producing]] or known for raising lots of [[#Noun, beef.
    • beef farms
    beef country
  • Consisting]] of or containing [[#Noun, beef as an ingredient.
    • beef stew

    Related terms

    * beefy

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