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beeve

/biːv/

beeve noun: a cow, a bovine.

Noun

beeve (plural beeves)

  1. (archaic) A cow, a bovine
    • They would knock down the first beeve they met with.1855–1859, Washington Irving, The Life of George Washington

Forms of beeve

pluralbeeves

Origin of beeve

Back-formation from beeves, plural of beef.

Words that rhyme with beeve

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Questions about beeve

What does beeve mean?
Beeve means a cow, a bovine.
What part of speech is beeve?
Beeve is a noun.
How do you pronounce beeve?
Beeve is pronounced /biːv/.
What is the plural of beeve?
The plural of beeve is beeves.

Words near beeve in the dictionary

  1. beeturia
  2. beetus
  3. beetworm
  4. beetworms
  5. beety
  6. beeve
  7. Beever
  8. Beevers
  9. beeves
  10. Beeville
  11. Beevillian

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