# beeves

Pronunciation: say "BEEVZ" US /bivz/, UK /biːvz/

## Noun

1. Plural of beef. Archaic or humorous, used only for cattle. *(archaic)* — plural of beef: cows, bulls, or steers.
   - Simple: Plural of beef. An old, joking word for more than one cow, bull, or steer.
   - _The drovers herded several hundred beeves along the dusty trail._
   - _Each fall the estate fattened its beeves for slaughter._

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