Beef vs. Ox
Difference Between Beef and Ox
Beefnoun
(uncountable) The meat from a cow, bull, or other bovine.
I love eating beef.Oxnoun
An adult castrated male of cattle (B. taurus).
Beefnoun
The edible portions of a cow (including those which are not meat).
lean finely textured beefboneless lean beef trimmingsOxnoun
Any bovine animal (genus Bos). A neat, a beef.
Beefnoun
(uncountable) Bovine animals.
Oxnoun
an adult castrated bull of the genus Bos; especially Bos taurus
Beefnoun
A single bovine (cow or bull) being raised for its meat.
Do you want to raise beeves?Oxnoun
any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos
Beefnoun
Muscle or musculature; size, strength or potency.
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.Beefnoun
Essence, content; the important part of a document or project.
The beef of his paper was a long rant about government.Beefnoun
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)
He's got a beef with everyone in the room.He's got beef over what you said.Remember what happened last fall? That's his beef with me.Beefverb
(intransitive) To complain.
Beefverb
(transitive) To add weight or strength to, usually as beef up.
Since you stopped running, you are really beefing out.Beefverb
To fart; break wind.
Ugh, who just beefed in here?Beefverb
To feud or hold a grudge against.
Those two are beefing right now - best you stay out of it for now.Beefverb
To cry
David was beefing last night after Ruth told him offBeefadjective
Being a bovine animal that is being raised for its meat.
We bought three beef calves this morning.Beefadjective
Producing or known for raising lots of beef.
beef farmsbeef countryBeefadjective
Consisting of or containing beef as an ingredient.
beef stewBeefnoun
cattle that are reared for their meat
Beefnoun
meat from an adult domestic bovine
Beefnoun
informal terms for objecting;
I have a gripe about the service hereBeefverb
complain;
What was he hollering about?
