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beeves

American  
[beevz] / bivz /

noun

  1. a plural of beef.


beeves British  
/ biːvz /

noun

  1. archaic the plural of beef

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But Bessent’s image of immigrants smuggling their infected beeves across the border is transparent fantasy.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025

He described it as “a few hundred acres of dirt, some clusters of old barns and outbuildings… a few beeves and hogs or a flock of sheep.”

From Salon • Oct. 18, 2012

At that, 50,000 people applauded, fell upon 1.000 barbecued beeves, 130,000 foot-long sandwiches, downed gallons of lemonade.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Grand Championship prize for best of baby beeves went to an Aberdeen-Angus.

From Time Magazine Archive

But if you raid the beeves, I see destruction for ship and crew.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer