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What is the noun for beefing?

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beefcake
  1. (informal, uncountable) Imagery of one or more muscular, well-built men.
  2. (informal, countable) Such a male, especially as seen as physically desirable.
  3. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see beef,‎ cake. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
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  5. Examples:
    1. “This prime slice of beefcake beds the young princess within moments of meeting her.”
      “No matter what movie you put him in, he's always going to be the same lumbering, thick accented beefcake he's always been.”
      “I gestured to one cover which featured a blond beefcake whose little jean cut-offs were in grave danger of falling off.”
beefeater
  1. An African bird of the genus Buphagus, which feeds on the larvae of botflies hatched under the skin of oxen, antelopes, etc.
  2. (obsolete) One who eats beef; a large, fleshy person; a well-fed servant.
  3. Examples:
    1. “The doorman wears beefeater red stockings and a white ruffle collar, and afternoon tea is offered.”
      “So they would have stood forever, if the beefeater hadn't come in and commanded them, in the queen's name, to drop their weapons.”
      “The beefeater before the door of the Lady Mary's lodgings spat upon the ground when he had passed.”
beef
  1. (uncountable) The meat from a cow, bull, or other bovine.
    1. (in the meat industry, on product packaging) The edible portions of a cow (including those which are not meat).
    2. (uncountable) Bovine animals.
    3. (archaic, countable, plural: beeves) A single bovine (cow or bull) being raised for its meat.
    4. (by extension, slang, uncountable) Muscle or musculature; size, strength or potency.
    5. (figuratively, slang, uncountable) Essence, content; the important part of a document or project.
  2. (slang, countable or uncountable, plural: beefs) A grudge; dislike (of something or someone); lack of faith or trust (in something or someone); a reason for a dislike or grudge. (often + with)
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  4. Examples:
    1. “She bought fresh beef from the butcher only on occasion, usually to make Papa's favorite meal of boiled beef, salt potatoes, green beans, and horseradish sauce.”
      “He's got a bit more beef on his bones now, but he's lost none of his cheerful, boyish looks.”
      “Let's go all out and put some beef into this!”
beefwood
  1. Any of the Australian trees having timber resembling raw beef
  2. (uncountable) The timber of those trees.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “White beefwood grows in the drier more exposed areas and is often found in regrowth.”
      “I'm using blackwood, beefwood, Qld maple and Qld walnut, several myrtles, she-oak, ironwood, vic. ash, minnerichi, mulga, fig. jarrah and wandoo.”
      “Australian Pine, also known as ironwood or beefwood, is an exotic, evergreen species native to southern Asia and Australia.”
beefer
  1. (slang) A police informer.
  2. A cow used for beef and not milk.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “The gym was filled with beefer after beefer, each one showing off their sculpted physique.”
beefiness
  1. The characteristic of being beefy.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Once I dumped my preconceptions I was able to appreciate the spare subtlety and deep beefiness of the northern variety.”
      “Not their own, but those that are given to cattle to boost their beefiness.”
      “The pair, who complement each other perfectly, aren't shy about making reference to Mr. Jones's beefiness.”
beefeaters
  1. plural of beefeater
beefcakes
beefwoods
  1. plural of beefwood
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beefers
beefs
  1. plural of beef
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  3. Examples:
    1. “So several of the UK intellectuals' beefs with the US have been addressed in the days since the President's visit.”
      “It beefs up its line for 2003 with four offerings intended to meet the needs of free heelers from entry level to big mountain powder hounds.”
      “Warrington, essentially, your beefs with these films are length and boredom.”
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