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

there was the smell of roast beef

beef cattle

flesh with well-developed muscle

he needs a little more beef on his bones

a complaint or grievance

he has a beef with education: it doesn't teach the basics of investing

a criminal charge

getting caught with pot in the sixties was a narco beef

complain

he was beefing about how the recession was killing the business