B1verb · intransitive · rare

beaver

beaver · beavers · beavered · beavering

To form a felt-like texture, similar to the way beaver fur is used for felt-makingTo form a felt-like texture, similar to the way beaver fur is used for felt-making.

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UK/ˈbiːvə/US/ˈbivɚ/

» Rabbits are related to beavers and squirrels.

Kaninchen sind mit Bibern und Eichhörnchen verwandt.

Кролики - родственники бобров и белок.

Meaning

5 senses

To form a felt-like texture, similar to the way beaver fur is used for felt-making.
To work hard.
work hard on something
(slang)To cut a continuous ring around a tree that one is felling.
After being doubled, to immediately double the stakes again, a move that keeps the doubling cube on one’s own side of the board.
(slang)To spot a beard in a game of beaver.

Examples

49 sentences

Rabbits are related to beavers and squirrels.
ruКролики - родственники бобров и белок. — elsteris
deKaninchen sind mit Bibern und Eichhörnchen verwandt. — PeterR
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That's a beaver dam.
deDas ist ein Biberdamm. — manese
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What do beavers eat?
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Tom is an eager beaver.
ruТом трудяга. — Ooneykcall
deTom ist ein Arbeitstier. — wolfgangth
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I wish beavers were real.
Я б хотів, щоб бобри існували. — deniko
ruЖаль, что бобров не существует. — marafon
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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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