What does beeves mean?
Beeves means (archaic or humorous) plural of beef: cows, bulls, or steers..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(archaic or humorous) plural of beef: cows, bulls, or steers..
And levy a tribute unto the LORD of the men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep:
...bells and babies are valuable alſo here, and for which, (or one bead of cornelion) you ſhall have in exchange, Sheep (big tail'd like thoſe in Syria and Perſia) Beeves and Buffaloes, big-bond, fat, and Camel-backt...
One way a Band select from forage drives A herd of Beeves, faire Oxen and faire Kine From a fat Meddow ground
…to deliver in every morning six beeves, forty sheep, and other victuals for my sustenance.
"I heard Texas was horses and beeves."
"In Walter Scott’s novel Ivanhoe, a Saxon peasant explains that the oxen, calves, swine and sheep are good Saxons tended by Saxons when alive, but turn into Norman-French when they are ready to be eaten as beef (or beeves), veal, pork and mutton."
Sutton for mutton, Carshalton for beeves, Epsom for whores and Ewel for thieves.
Use beeves when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Beeves means (archaic or humorous) plural of beef: cows, bulls, or steers..
Common synonyms include beefs.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
And levy a tribute unto the LORD of the men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep:
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