-noun
1. a plural of beef.
Examples:
"The field was full of mooing beeves."
"For dinner, we had a delicious selection of beeves."
Word Origin: (from etymonline.com)
"original plural of beef (n.) in the animal sense (compare boevz, plural of Old French buef), now only in restricted use."
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Utterly strange. Never knew it was beeves :O but as I ma trying to say it, I sound funny. I know my children will also make fun of me.
ReplyDeleteEnglish is a very unexpected language. Guessing the plural for a word is not easy. So, thanks for this article.
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