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beef·y

 (bē′fē)
adj. beef·i·er, beef·i·est
1.
a. Muscular in build; brawny: a beefy wrestler.
b. Substantial; filling: "a rather ... beefy, densely colored wine" (Robert M. Parker, Jr.).
2. Filled with beef.

beef′i·ness n.
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beefy

(ˈbiːfɪ)
adj, beefier or beefiest
1. like beef
2. informal muscular; brawny
3. informal fleshy; obese
ˈbeefily adv
ˈbeefiness n
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beef•y

(ˈbi fi)

adj. beef•i•er, beef•i•est.
1. of or like beef.
2. brawny; thickset; heavy.
[1735–45]
beef′i•ness, n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.beefy - muscular and heavily builtbeefy - muscular and heavily built; "a beefy wrestler"; "had a tall burly frame"; "clothing sizes for husky boys"; "a strapping boy of eighteen"; "`buirdly' is a Scottish term"
Scotland - one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts
robust - sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction; "a robust body"; "a robust perennial"
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beefy

adjective (Informal) brawny, strong, powerful, athletic, strapping, robust, hefty (informal), muscular, sturdy, stalwart, bulky, burly, stocky, hulking, well-built, herculean, sinewy, thickset The place was packed with beefy ex-footballers
weak, frail, skinny, feeble, puny, scrawny
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
Translations
سَمين، بَدينمِثْل لَحْم البَقَر
hovězíobéznísvalnatý
muskuløs
naudanlihapitoinen
holdmikill; vöîvamikillnautakjöts-
hovädzítlstý
iri yarısığır eti gibi

beefy

[ˈbiːfɪ] ADJ (beefier (compar) (beefiest (superl))) (= brawny) → fornido
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

beefy

[ˈbiːfi] adj (= brawny) [person] → costaud(e)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

beefy

adj (+er)fleischig
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

beefy

[ˌbiːfɪ] adj (fam) → muscoloso/a
a big beefy fellow → un tipo grande e grosso
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

beef

(biːf) noun
the flesh of a bull, cow or ox, used as food.
beefy adjective
1. of or like beef. a beefy taste.
2. having a lot of fat or muscle. a beefy man.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
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The performance package also provides enhanced braking and cooling capacity and a beefier exhaust system, the company said.
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The model features vertically stacked, smaller wraparound LED tail lamps, a beefier bumper and a larger spoiler, the electric version has a different design to the regular model.
Ranged against taller and beefier rivals, the Filipino paddlers struggled to the finish line among the six finalists in four minutes and 43.641 seconds in the event handily won by the Taiwanese, who took the gold in 4:31.85.
It came with a four-barrel carburetor, 11:1 compression ratio, plus all the performance goodies found in the Chevy parts bin -- solid-lifter camshaft, heavy-duty radiator, dual exhaust and, since the Z concept was always as much about handling as it was horsepower, a special performance suspension consisting of larger sway bars and beefier springs.
This remastered edition of Paradise, one of 2008's best games, gleefully embraces the beefier horsepower of new consoles with a significant ramping up of the resolution and an injection of pure nitro into the frame rate.
This remastered edition of Paradise, one of 2008's best games, embraces the beefier horsepower of new consoles with a significant ramping up of the resolution and an injection of pure nitro into the frame rate.
And along with the bold new look comes a beefier new engine to ensure it lives up to its appearance.
Second, the Pneutrim Plus deflasher is a bigger and beefier unit for containers of up to 10 gal and can be configured to trim multiple containers simultaneously.
IT'S hardly surprising that the 'baby' two-litre Jaguar F-Pace is proving most popular...it's cheaper to buy and costs less to run than its beefier brothers.
Given that the PS4 Pro has only just hit store shelves, it's likely that these performance problems will disappear as developers get to grips with the beefier hardware.
A new dock feature for your favourite apps allows almost instant loading, further boosted by a beefier dual-core processor that makes things noticeably nippier.