"beefy" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈbiːfi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-beefy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: beefier [comparative], beefiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -iːfi Etymology: beef + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|beef|y}} beef + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} beefy (comparative beefier, superlative beefiest)
  1. Similar to, or tasting like beef. Categories (topical): Taste Translations (similar to beef): lihaisa (Finnish), fleischig (German), carnoso (Italian), cărnos [masculine] (Romanian), carnoso (Spanish), carnudo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-beefy-en-adj-EkYKv0fB Disambiguation of Taste: 24 7 18 29 22 Disambiguation of 'similar to beef': 69 23 1 2 5
  2. Containing beef. Translations (containing beef): naudanlihapitoinen (Finnish), fleischig (German), cárnico (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-beefy-en-adj-Jh~b53hh Disambiguation of 'containing beef': 7 91 0 1 1
  3. (informal) Strong or muscular. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Taste
    Sense id: en-beefy-en-adj-9Sab8vLm Disambiguation of Taste: 24 7 18 29 22
  4. Large; overweight; fat. Categories (topical): Taste
    Sense id: en-beefy-en-adj-snY3Qr9N Disambiguation of Taste: 24 7 18 29 22 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 3 2 42 49 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 5 7 2 39 46
  5. (informal) Sturdy; robust. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Taste
    Sense id: en-beefy-en-adj-qexexyuX Disambiguation of Taste: 24 7 18 29 22 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 3 2 42 49 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 3 2 39 53 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 5 7 2 39 46

Inflected forms

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