Beeves

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Beeves \Beeves\ (b[=e]vz), n.
     plural of {Beef}, the animal.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  beeves
       See {beef}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  beef
       n 1: cattle that are reared for their meat [syn: {beef cattle}]
       2: meat from an adult domestic bovine [syn: {boeuf}]
       3: informal terms for objecting; "I have a gripe about the
          service here" [syn: {gripe}, {kick}, {bitch}, {squawk}]
       v : complain; "What was he hollering about?" [syn: {gripe}, {grouse},
            {crab}, {squawk}, {bellyache}, {holler}]
       [also: {beeves} (pl)]

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Beeves
     (an old English plural of the word beef), a name applicable to
     all ruminating animals except camels, and especially to the
     Bovidce, or horned cattle (Lev. 22:19, 21; Num. 31:28, 30, 33,
     38, 44).