Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar. / (US, Canada) A beetroot, a swollen root of such a plant.

(transitive, obsolete, dialect) To improve; to mend. / (transitive, obsolete, dialect) To kindle a fire. / (transitive, obsolete, dialect) To rouse.

A person who maintains hives and keeps bees, especially for the production of honey.

(in the meat industry, on product packaging) The edible portions of a cow (including those which are not meat). / (by extension, slang, uncountable) Muscle or musculature; size, strength or potency.

(intransitive) To complain. / (transitive) To add weight or strength to. / (intransitive, slang) To fart; break wind.

Being a bovine animal that is being raised for its meat. / Producing or known for raising lots of beef. / Consisting of or containing beef as an ingredient. / (slang) Beefy; powerful; robust.

(UK, informal) The BBC.

(informal) A BBC Micro (British home computer).

Smoke-cured and salted beef. / Beef conserved in tins (cans). / (UK, prison slang, historical) The chief officer of a prison.

(biblical) A Canaanite deity worshipped at Ekron. / (Christianity) Satan, the Devil.