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beef·y

(bē′fē)

adj. beef·i·er, beef·i·est

a. Muscular in build; brawny: a beefy wrestler.

b. Substantial; filling: "a rather ... beefy, densely colored wine" (Robert M. Parker, Jr.).

2. Filled with beef.

beef′i·ness n.

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beefy

(ˈbiːfɪ)

adj, beefier or beefiest

1. like beef

2. informal muscular; brawny

3. informal fleshy; obese

ˈbeefily adv

ˈbeefiness n

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beef•y

(ˈbi fi)

adj. beef•i•er, beef•i•est.

1. of or like beef.

2. brawny; thickset; heavy.

[1735–45]

beef′i•ness, n.

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Adj.

beefy - muscular and heavily built; "a beefy wrestler"; "had a tall burly frame"; "clothing sizes for husky boys"; "a strapping boy of eighteen"; "`buirdly' is a Scottish term"

buirdly, burly, husky, strapping

Scotland - one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts

robust - sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction; "a robust body"; "a robust perennial"

beefy

adjective (Informal) brawny, strong, powerful, athletic, strapping, robust, hefty (informal), muscular, sturdy, stalwart, bulky, burly, stocky, hulking, well-built, herculean, sinewy, thickset The place was packed with beefy ex-footballers
weak, frail, skinny, feeble, puny, scrawny

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Translations

سَمين، بَدينمِثْل لَحْم البَقَر

hovězíobéznísvalnatý

muskuløs

bullig fleischig

cárnico carnosa carnosocarnudacarnudo

naudanlihapitoinen

costaud

holdmikill; vöîvamikillnautakjöts-

solido

kjøttaktig muskelsterk stor og kraftig velfødd

hovädzítlstý

iri yarısığır eti gibi

牛肉似的肌肉发达的

beefy

[ˈbiːfɪ] ADJ (beefier (compar) (beefiest (superl))) (= brawny) → fornido

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

beefy

[ˈbiːfi] adj (= brawny) [person] → costaud(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

beefy

adj (+er) → fleischig

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

beefy

[ˌbiːfɪ] adj (fam) → muscoloso/a
a big beefy fellow → un tipo grande e grosso

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

beef

(biːf) noun

the flesh of a bull, cow or ox, used as food.

beefy adjective

1. of or like beef. a beefy taste.

2. having a lot of fat or muscle. a beefy man.

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