Meaning

12 senses
  1. (countable)A semiaquatic rodent of the genus Castor, having a wide, flat tail and webbed feet, native to the Northern Hemisphere.

    Biber

    бобрbobr, бобёрbobjór

    бобе́рbobér

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

  2. (countable, uncountable)The fur of the beaver.

    the soft brown fur of the beaver

  3. (countable)A hat, of various shapes, made from a felted beaver fur (or later of silk), fashionable in Europe between 1550 and 1850.

    a hat made with the fur of a beaver (or similar material)

  4. (Canada, US, countable, uncountable)Beaver pelts as an article of exchange or as a standard of value.

  5. (countable, uncountable)Beaver cloth, a heavy felted woollen cloth, used chiefly for making overcoats.

  6. (countable, uncountable)A brown colour, like that of a beaver.

  7. (countable)A move in response to being doubled, in which one immediately doubles the stakes again, keeping the doubling cube on one’s own side of the board.

  8. (countable, slang)A beard or a bearded person.

    a full beard

  9. (historical, slang, uncountable)A game, in which points are scored by spotting beards.

  10. (Canada, US, countable, slang)The pubic hair near a vulva or a vulva itself; (attributively) denoting films or literature featuring nude women.

    Bär

    мохнаткаmoxnatka

  11. (US, countable, offensive, slang, uncountable)A woman, especially one who is sexually attractive.

    Biberfell

  12. Butter.

Examples

49 sentences
  1. Rabbits are related to beavers and squirrels.

    ruКролики - родственники бобров и белок.

    deKaninchen sind mit Bibern und Eichhörnchen verwandt.

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  2. That's a beaver dam.

    deDas ist ein Biberdamm.

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  3. What do beavers eat?

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  4. Tom is an eager beaver.

    ruТом трудяга.

    deTom ist ein Arbeitstier.

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  5. I wish beavers were real.

    Я б хотів, щоб бобри існували.

    ruЖаль, что бобров не существует.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
semiaquatic rodent:
Русский
By meaning 2
semiaquatic rodent:
vulva or pubic hair near a vulva:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
semiaquatic rodent:
vulva or pubic hair near a vulva:
fur:

Origin

From Middle English bever, from Old English befer, from Proto-West Germanic *bebru, from P

From Middle English bever, from Old English befer, from Proto-West Germanic *bebru, from Proto-Germanic *bebruz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus (“beaver”).

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Forms

plural: beavers / beaver
Singularbeaver
Pluralbeavers / beaver

regular

Synonyms

18 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

30 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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