beef up in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for beef up in the English»French Dictionary

I.beef [Brit biːf, Am bif] N

II.beef [Brit biːf, Am bif] VB intr a. beef on

I.up [ʌp] ADJ Up appears frequently in English as the second element of phrasal verbs (get up, pick up etc.). For translations, consult the appropriate verb entry (get, pick etc.).

1. up (high):

VIII.up and down ADV (to and fro)

XIV.up <pres part upping; pret, pp upped> [ʌp] VB trans (increase)

XV.up <pres part upping; pret, pp upped> [ʌp] VB intr inf

See also pick over, pick, get

I.pick over VB [Brit pɪk -, Am pɪk -] (pick [sth] over, pick over [sth])

I.pick [Brit pɪk, Am pɪk] N

2. pick (poke) → pick at

I.get <pres part getting, prét got, pp got, gotten Am> [ɡet] VB trans This much-used verb has no multi-purpose equivalent in French and therefore is very often translated by choosing a synonym: to get lunch = to prepare lunch = préparer le déjeuner.
get is used in many idiomatic expressions (to get something off one's chest etc.) and translations will be found in the appropriate entry (chest etc.). This is also true of offensive comments (get stuffed etc.) where the appropriate entry would be stuff.
Remember that when get is used to express the idea that a job is done not by you but by somebody else (to get a room painted etc.) faire is used in French followed by an infinitive (faire repeindre une pièce etc.).
When get has the meaning of become and is followed by an adjective (to get rich/drunk etc.) devenir is sometimes useful but check the appropriate entry (rich, drunk etc.) as a single verb often suffices (s'enrichir, s'enivrer etc.).
For examples and further uses of get see the entry below.

II.get <pres part getting, prét got, pp got, gotten Am> [ɡet] VB intr

get her inf!
get him inf in that hat!
to get it up vulg sl
bander vulg sl
to get it up vulg sl
to get one's in Am inf

beef up in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for beef up in the English»French Dictionary

See also down3, down2, down1

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
A triangle wave can be used as a sub-oscillator to beef up the bass of the other oscillators.
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Yet no measures were taken by the government to beef up the stocks.
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How can employees and employers beef up psychological capital?
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This would free resources to specialist beef up sales and support for enterprises.
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The government has scrambled to beef up counterterror forces in recent years, with one unit tripling in size.
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So we are trying to ensure that we beef up the quality of the output of our vocational schools.
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In the recent order, cops wanted the temples to beef up the security.
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Part of this money was spent in hiring 135 researchers, doctors and paramedical staff to beef up treatment.
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Provide more generous payment or return policies, or beef up the warranty.
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Purchase this and you get a centre and two surround sound speakers to beef up the sound.
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