Beef \Beef\ (b[=e]f), a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, beef.
{Beef tea}, essence of beef, or strong beef broth.
Beef \Beef\ (b[=e]f), n. [OE. boef, befe, beef, OF. boef, buef, F. b[oe]ef, fr. L. bos, bovis, ox; akin to Gr. boy^s, Skr. g[=o] cow, and E. cow. See 2d {Cow}.] 1. An animal of the genus {Bos}, especially the common species, {Bos taurus}, including the bull, cow, and ox, in their full grown state; esp., an ox or cow fattened for food.
Note: [In this, which is the original sense, the word has a plural, beeves (b[=e]vz).]
A herd of beeves, fair oxen and fair kine. --Milton.
2. 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.
3. Applied colloquially to human flesh.
In state stores, where prices are lower but the stock phrase is "Nie ma" _ "There is none _ beef is almost never seen.
EC beef exports jumped by 48 per cent to 1.16m tonnes, while Australian shipments, reflecting lower sales to Japan, fell 15 per cent to 1m tonnes.
The agency said 3.5 ounces of beef cost 86 cents in New York and 97 cents in Hamburg last November but cost $2.75 in Tokyo.
At the referee's whistle, Illinois and teams from Michigan State, Texas A&M and North and South Dakota state universities move in around several dozen half-ton sides of beef swinging from hooks near the ceiling of the cavelike cooler.
Felker also is interested in developing a harvester to harvest the wood to burn as fuel, as well as developing a marketing plan touting mesquite and beef.
Poultry first passed beef in 1987.
The competitive spirit is clearly influencing Radio Free Europe, which is trying to beef up programs.
Mr. Arunasalam says those who survived told his grandmother that her husband, a devout Hindu, refused to eat the rotten beef offered by his Japanese army overseers.
"There are minor problems, but that is always the case." The trade officials also are preparing final adjustments to a trade agreement on U.S. beef imports into Korea.
A commentary carried with the program by Japan Broadcasting Corp. said the basic agreement calls for Japan to liberalize its imports of U.S. beef and oranges after three years and orange juice in four years.
The FDA has banned the drug for dairy cattle, and plans to propose a further ban for beef cattle and pigs.
The EC's savings in the beef sector initially will be limited because the cuts in milk production are expected to spur massive slaughtering of dairy cows.
"Continued strong consumer demand for both beef and pork led to the improvement in margins," said IBP's chairman, Robert L. Peterson. "A reduction in live cattle prices during the quarter was also a factor.
To everyone's surprise, this "where's the beef"-type challenge to the education establishment turned this scholarly book into a publishing sensation.
Supplies of beef are turning around," in IBP's favor.
The U.S. objects to the South Korean government's plan to import beef through a single import organization, which agriculture experts said may be controlled by South Korean beef farmers themselves.
The U.S. objects to the South Korean government's plan to import beef through a single import organization, which agriculture experts said may be controlled by South Korean beef farmers themselves.
According to federal inspection reports, the slaughter of beef cows this year through the first week in August totaled about 1.89 million head, down 9 percent from the same period in 1987. airy cow slaughter, at 1.66 million head, dropped 3 percent.
Company employee Shigemi Okada, 27, shrieked "Don't use chicken in the beef barbecue!" at 115.9 decibels to take third place and $140 in the raucous contest, held outside a Tokyo train station.
They showed plenty of skill and have the beef to go the distance. At Oxford, meantime, the selection knives flashed.
Sakai said it will be first time in Japan that beef has been sold in vending machines.
In addition to looking the part, employees were served military food, including creamed chipped beef on toast, said Darlene Smolen, hospital marketing director.
L-tryptophan is an amino acid that occurs naturally in some foods that are high in protein, such as milk, beef, turkey and beans.
She said the agency is considering whether to appeal the ruling, to beef up its analysis to satisfy shortcomings cited by the appeals court or to revamp its regulation.
The tariff for beef imported by Japan will rise next April 1 to 75 percent from the current 25 percent.
Takashi Sato, the minister of agriculture, is scheduled to travel to Washington on Tuesday to seek an easing of U.S. demands for an end to Japan's barriers against beef and orange imports.
But he said the government expects to decrease its present beef self-sufficiency rate of 70 percent to between 55 and 60 percent by 1995.
But Doug figures in 20 years, he'll be giving the beef a run for its money.
Rich pork jelly stock is already available, with lamb and beef stock to follow shortly.
Most beef exported to EU countries is from old cows, which will still be subject to the rules. There was a drop off in prime beef exports from Britain following the imposition of the new rules.