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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
beaver
I.noun
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
eager beaver
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A prime beaver pelt was worth $ 6 to $ 8 a pound.
▪ Although retired, Selwyn Hopkins was a regular beaver where gardening was concerned.
▪ Like the beaver skins, it had never had a function in this domesticated place.
▪ Luiza and Freddi were there, Luiza muffled up in a huge and unflattering beaver lamb coat that had seen better days.
▪ The beaver skins that Oliver had sent her from Deadwood were a trouble.
▪ These meant that a beaver had been here recently.
▪ This will tend to apply to all the logs placed by any beaver bearing this particular mutation.
▪ Whatever its benefits, a beaver lake is a conspicuous and characteristic feature of the landscape.
II.verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Information can be automatically kept up to date, and will allow individuals to co-operate on projects instead of beavering away in isolation.
▪ The Doc's patented micro-organisms were beavering away inside, keeping her at the peak of perfection.
▪ To do the work requires an enormous amount of effort beavering away among old records, checking, copying and encoding.
▪ You will enjoy beavering away to find out.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Beaver

Beaver \Bea"ver\, n. [OE. bever, AS. beofer, befer; akin to D. bever, OHG. bibar, G. biber, Sw. b["a]fver, Dan. b[ae]ver, Lith. bebru, Russ. bobr', Gael. beabhar, Corn. befer, L. fiber, and Skr. babhrus large ichneumon; also as an adj., brown, the animal being probably named from its color.

  1. (Zo["o]l.) An amphibious rodent, of the genus Castor.

    Note: It has palmated hind feet, and a broad, flat tail. It is remarkable for its ingenuity in constructing its lodges or ``houses,'' and dams across streams. It is valued for its fur, and for the material called castor, obtained from two small bags in the groin of the animal. The European species is Castor fiber, and the American is generally considered a variety of this, although sometimes called Castor Canadensis.

  2. The fur of the beaver.

  3. A hat, formerly made of the fur of the beaver, but now usually of silk.

    A brown beaver slouched over his eyes.
    --Prescott.

  4. Beaver cloth, a heavy felted woolen cloth, used chiefly for making overcoats.

  5. A man's beard.

  6. The hair on a woman's pubic area; -- vulgar. [vulgar slang]

  7. A woman; -- vulgar and offensive. [vulgar slang]

  8. A person who works enthusiastically and diligently; -- used especially in the phrase eager beaver. [informal]

    Beaver rat (Zo["o]l.), an aquatic ratlike quadruped of Tasmania ( Hydromys chrysogaster).

    Beaver skin, the furry skin of the beaver.

    Bank beaver. See under 1st Bank.

Beaver

Beaver \Bea"ver\, n. [OE. baviere, bauier, beavoir, bever; fr. F. bavi[`e]re, fr. bave slaver, drivel, foam, OF., prattle, drivel, perh. orig. an imitative word. Bavi[`e]re, according to Cotgrave, is the bib put before a (slavering) child.] That piece of armor which protected the lower part of the face, whether forming a part of the helmet or fixed to the breastplate. It was so constructed (with joints or otherwise) that the wearer could raise or lower it to eat and drink.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
beaver

Old English beofor, befer (earlier bebr), from Proto-Germanic *bebruz (cognates: Old Saxon bibar, Old Norse bjorr, Middle Dutch and Dutch bever, Low German bever, Old High German bibar, German Biber), from PIE *bhebhrus, reduplication of root *bher- (3) "brown, bright" (cognates: Lithuanian bebrus, Czech bobr, Welsh befer; see bear (n.) for the likely reason for this). Gynecological sense ("female genitals, especially with a display of pubic hair") is 1927 British slang, transferred from earlier meaning "a bearded man" (1910), from the appearance of split beaver pelts.

Wiktionary
beaver

n. 1 (surname: English) 2 A native or resident of the American state of Oregon. 3 A town in Arkansas. 4 A city in Iowa. 5 A village in Ohio. 6 A town in Oklahoma. 7 A borough in Pennsylvania. 8 A city in Utah. 9 A CDP in West Virginia.

WordNet
beaver
  1. n. the soft brown fur of the beaver

  2. a full beard

  3. a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with beaver or silk [syn: dress hat, high hat, opera hat, silk hat, stovepipe, top hat, topper]

  4. a movable piece of armor on a medieval helmet used to protect the lower face

  5. a hat made of beaver fur or similar material [syn: castor]

  6. large semiaquatic rodent with webbed hind feet and a broad flat tail; construct complex dams and underwater lodges

beaver

v. work hard on something [syn: beaver away]

Gazetteer
Beaver, AK -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Alaska
Population (2000): 84
Housing Units (2000): 54
Land area (2000): 20.500953 sq. miles (53.097221 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.094700 sq. miles (2.835259 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 21.595653 sq. miles (55.932480 sq. km)
FIPS code: 05750
Located within: Alaska (AK), FIPS 02
Location: 66.359719 N, 147.397438 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 99724
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Beaver, AK
Beaver
Beaver, AR -- U.S. town in Arkansas
Population (2000): 95
Housing Units (2000): 43
Land area (2000): 0.350521 sq. miles (0.907846 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.169694 sq. miles (0.439505 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.520215 sq. miles (1.347351 sq. km)
FIPS code: 04540
Located within: Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05
Location: 36.475495 N, 93.771170 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Beaver, AR
Beaver
Beaver, OH -- U.S. village in Ohio
Population (2000): 464
Housing Units (2000): 226
Land area (2000): 0.390601 sq. miles (1.011653 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.390601 sq. miles (1.011653 sq. km)
FIPS code: 04696
Located within: Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location: 39.029574 N, 82.823742 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 45613
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Beaver, OH
Beaver
Beaver, OK -- U.S. city in Oklahoma
Population (2000): 1570
Housing Units (2000): 725
Land area (2000): 1.153875 sq. miles (2.988522 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.153875 sq. miles (2.988522 sq. km)
FIPS code: 04750
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 36.813486 N, 100.524298 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Beaver, OK
Beaver
Beaver, OR -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Oregon
Population (2000): 145
Housing Units (2000): 73
Land area (2000): 0.397132 sq. miles (1.028567 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.397132 sq. miles (1.028567 sq. km)
FIPS code: 05200
Located within: Oregon (OR), FIPS 41
Location: 45.276947 N, 123.825723 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 97108
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Beaver, OR
Beaver
Beaver, PA -- U.S. borough in Pennsylvania
Population (2000): 4775
Housing Units (2000): 2297
Land area (2000): 0.932748 sq. miles (2.415805 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.150029 sq. miles (0.388573 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.082777 sq. miles (2.804378 sq. km)
FIPS code: 04688
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 40.693865 N, 80.307944 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 15009
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Beaver, PA
Beaver
Beaver, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
Population (2000): 53
Housing Units (2000): 26
Land area (2000): 0.256087 sq. miles (0.663263 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.256087 sq. miles (0.663263 sq. km)
FIPS code: 05185
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 42.037808 N, 94.141096 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 50031
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Beaver, IA
Beaver
Beaver, UT -- U.S. city in Utah
Population (2000): 2454
Housing Units (2000): 1021
Land area (2000): 4.582391 sq. miles (11.868338 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.582391 sq. miles (11.868338 sq. km)
FIPS code: 04060
Located within: Utah (UT), FIPS 49
Location: 38.276305 N, 112.638772 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 84713
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Beaver, UT
Beaver
Beaver, WV -- U.S. Census Designated Place in West Virginia
Population (2000): 1378
Housing Units (2000): 696
Land area (2000): 4.392557 sq. miles (11.376670 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.008634 sq. miles (0.022361 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.401191 sq. miles (11.399031 sq. km)
FIPS code: 05260
Located within: West Virginia (WV), FIPS 54
Location: 37.747601 N, 81.141843 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 25813
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Beaver, WV
Beaver
Beaver -- U.S. County in Oklahoma
Population (2000): 5857
Housing Units (2000): 2719
Land area (2000): 1814.357375 sq. miles (4699.163829 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 3.223081 sq. miles (8.347740 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1817.580456 sq. miles (4707.511569 sq. km)
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 36.739036 N, 100.496685 W
Headwords:
Beaver
Beaver, OK
Beaver County
Beaver County, OK
Beaver -- U.S. County in Pennsylvania
Population (2000): 181412
Housing Units (2000): 77765
Land area (2000): 434.213128 sq. miles (1124.606790 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 9.690931 sq. miles (25.099394 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 443.904059 sq. miles (1149.706184 sq. km)
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 40.695415 N, 80.312675 W
Headwords:
Beaver
Beaver, PA
Beaver County
Beaver County, PA
Beaver -- U.S. County in Utah
Population (2000): 6005
Housing Units (2000): 2660
Land area (2000): 2589.946517 sq. miles (6707.930400 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 2.331902 sq. miles (6.039597 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2592.278419 sq. miles (6713.969997 sq. km)
Located within: Utah (UT), FIPS 49
Location: 38.342342 N, 113.000631 W
Headwords:
Beaver
Beaver, UT
Beaver County
Beaver County, UT
Wikipedia
Beaver (disambiguation)

The beaver is a large rodent.

Beaver may also refer to:

Beaver (singer)

Beverley Jean Morrison, better known as Beaver (1950 – 23 May 2010), was a late New Zealand Jazz singer, who popped up in small roles in television and film

Beaver (band)

Beaver or 13eaver as it is now known is a stoner rock band from the Netherlands. All of their CDs are considered rare, and are all out of print.

Beaver

The beaver ( genus Castor) is a primarily nocturnal, large, semiaquatic rodent. Castor includes two extant species, the North American beaver (Castor canadensis) (native to North America) and Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) ( Eurasia). Beavers are known for building dams, canals, and lodges (homes). They are the second-largest rodent in the world (after the capybara). Their colonies create one or more dams to provide still, deep water to protect against predators, and to float food and building material. The North American beaver population was once more than 60 million, but as of 1988 was 6–12 million. This population decline is the result of extensive hunting for fur, for glands used as medicine and perfume, and because the beavers' harvesting of trees and flooding of waterways may interfere with other land uses.

Beaver (surname)

Beaver is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Diane E. Beaver, American lawyer and United States Army officer
  • Isidor George Beaver (1859–1934), Australian architect
  • James A. Beaver (1837–1914), Pennsylvania governor
  • Jim Beaver (born 1950), American actor
  • Justin Beaver (born 1984), American football player
  • Martin Beaver (born 1967), Canadian violinist
  • Mike Beaver (born 1973), Canadian comedian and writer
  • Mike Beaver (21st century), FBI agent
  • R. Perry Beaver, American Muscogee leader
  • Roger A. Beaver, biologist who studied Nepenthes pitcher plants
  • Ryan Beaver (born 1984), American singer-songwriter
  • Stan Beaver, American singer
  • William H. Beaver (born 1940), American academic

Usage examples of "beaver".

That meant little to a vehicle without haul, like the Batwing, but a car with full Beaver and passengers could come upon quick disaster.

Trade was slow because most of the territory had been beavered out and the Company did not enjoy the monopoly there it had elsewhere.

Rarely had Berwick seen a better-shaped coat, or a smarter beaver, or so complete a mastery of whip and ribbons, as he steered the pair at a good pace down the uneven street amid the fishcarts and country wagons.

The elimination of the beavers and over-grazing, especially of the riparian habitats, altered the hydrology of the continent.

Then the beavers guard their preserve jealously, driving away the wood folk that dare to cross their dam or enter their ponds, especially the musquash, who is apt to burrow and cause them no end of trouble.

I include January, because musquash and beaver are sold in that month.

He needed no further proof to assure him that this was Strang the king of the Mormons, for the Beaver Island prophet was painted well in that region which knew the grip and terror of his power.

I will make my way eastward then, toward the great lake Brigantinus, for the springtime breakup of the ice on the streams thereabout, when the beavers emerge from their burrows and their pelts are at their prime.

Had it not been for Design Toscano Historical Reproductions for Home and Garden, I might never have learned that the three parts of a sixteenth-century close helmet are the visor, the ventail, and the beaver.

Bay, sitting next to a fire, holding a royal warrant from King Charles I and waiting for the Assiniboine and Cree to bring in a fresh pile of beaver pelts he could benevolently exchange for a few barrels of flour and sugar.

One displays a foppish frock coat with the best of beavers, another a wonderful Greek nose, the third is the bearer of superb side-whiskers, the fourth of a pair of pretty eyes and an astonishing little hat, the fifth of a signet ring with a talisman on his smart pinkie, the sixth of a little foot in a charming bootie, the seventh of an astonishment-arousing necktie, the eighth of an amazement-inspiring mustache.

Beaver Cover High the kind of facilities she remembered from her Bostonian school days.

After all this time, people were just another tool-using animal in the ecology, like beavers or bowerbirds, still little more than glorified chimps.

At most, the visitor might have mentioned humans along with beavers, bowerbirds, and army ants as examples of species with curious behavior.

Sports Hall of Fame, he succeeded his father as president of Northern Trusts and was a director of such Winnipeg touchstone companies as Great-West Life and Beaver Lumber.