beaver
A semiaquatic rodent of the genus Castor, having a wide, flat tail and webbed feet,…A semiaquatic rodent of the genus Castor, having a wide, flat tail and webbed feet, native to the Northern Hemisphere.
Recorded US: Dvortygirl, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
» Rabbits are related to beavers and squirrels.
Kaninchen sind mit Bibern und Eichhörnchen verwandt. — PeterR
Кролики - родственники бобров и белок. — elsteris
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12 senses(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
(countable, uncountable)The fur of the beaver.
the soft brown fur of the beaver
(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)
More meanings 9
(Canada, US, countable, uncountable)Beaver pelts as an article of exchange or as a standard of value.
(countable, uncountable)Beaver cloth, a heavy felted woollen cloth, used chiefly for making overcoats.
(countable, uncountable)A brown colour, like that of a beaver.
(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.
Butter.
(countable, slang)A beard or a bearded person.
(historical, slang, uncountable)A game, in which points are scored by spotting beards.
(Canada, US, countable, slang)The pubic hair near a vulva or a vulva itself; (attributively) denoting films or literature featuring nude women.
Bär, Biberfell
мохнаткаmoxnatka
(US, countable, offensive, slang, uncountable)A woman, especially one who is sexually attractive.
Origin
From Middle English bever, from Old English befer, from Proto-West Germanic *bebru, from PFrom 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 / beaverSynonyms
16 synonymsWord family
29 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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