beefing
SayBEEF-ingUS/ˈbifɪŋ/UK/ˈbiːfɪŋ/
- 1Present participle of beef. Use this form for an action happening now or as a naming word for the action.
He kept beefing about the long wait at the clinic.
Beefing about your job all day won't make it better.
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- 2Alternative form of biffin, a kind of dark-red cooking apple.
Grandma baked a soft beefing into a sweet little pie.
She set one ripe beefing on the windowsill to keep.
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beefing is a form of beef
beef, verb: To make something stronger, bigger, or heavier than it was. Full entry
- Spelling
- beef → beefing: add -ing
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