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Beaver

//ˈbiːvə// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun

1
A surname. countable
2
The Dane-zaa people, indigenous to northern Alberta and British Columbia, Canada. dated
3
A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska. countable, uncountable
4
A number of places in the United States:; A town in Carroll County, Arkansas. countable, uncountable
5
A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Amaqua Township, Boone County, Iowa. countable, uncountable

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A number of places in the United States:; A township and census-designated place therein, in Barton County, Kansas. countable, uncountable
7
A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Floyd County, Kentucky. countable, uncountable
8
A number of places in the United States:; A township and unincorporated community therein, in Bay County, Michigan. countable, uncountable
9
A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Baldwin Township, Delta County, Michigan. countable, uncountable
10
A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Whitewater Township, Winona County, Minnesota. countable, uncountable
11
A number of places in the United States:; A village in Pike County, Ohio. countable, uncountable
12
A number of places in the United States:; A town, the county seat of Beaver County, Oklahoma. countable, uncountable
13
A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Tillamook County, Oregon. countable, uncountable
14
A number of places in the United States:; A borough, the county seat of Beaver County, Pennsylvania. countable, uncountable
15
A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Beaver County, Utah. countable, uncountable
16
A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Clallam County, Washington. countable, uncountable
17
A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Raleigh County, West Virginia. countable, uncountable
18
A number of places in the United States:; A town in Clark County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
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A number of places in the United States:; A town and unincorporated community therein, in Marinette County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
20
A number of places in the United States:; A town in Polk County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
21
A number of places in the United States:; A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Beaver Township. countable, uncountable

Noun

1
A semiaquatic rodent of the genus Castor, having a wide, flat tail and webbed feet, native to the Northern Hemisphere. countable
"Then, for the safeguard of his personage, He did appoint a warlike equipage Of foreign beasts, not in the forest bred, But part by land and part by water fed; For tyranny is with strange aid supported. Then unto him all monstrous beasts resorted Bred of two kinds, as Griffons, Minotaurs, Crocodiles, Dragons, Beavers, and Centaurs: With those himself he strengthened mightily, That fear he need no force of enemy."
2
Alternative spelling of bevor (“part of a helmet”). alt-of, alternative
"Lord Stafford’s father, Duke of Buckingham, Is either slain or wounded dangerously; I cleft his beaver with a downright blow:"
3
Butter.
"Butter – Beaver."
4
A native or resident of the American state of Oregon.
5
Alternative letter-case form of beaver (“beard-spotting game”). alt-of

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large semiaquatic rodent with webbed hind feet and a broad flat tail; construct complex dams and underwater lodges wordnet
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The fur of the beaver. countable, uncountable
8
A member of the youngest wing of the Scout movement, composed of groups for children, traditionally boys, of approximately five to seven years of age.
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a hat made with the fur of a beaver (or similar material) wordnet
10
A hat, of various shapes, made from a felted beaver fur (or later of silk), fashionable in Europe between 1550 and 1850. countable
"a broad beaver slouched over his eyes"
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a movable piece of armor on a medieval helmet used to protect the lower face wordnet
12
Beaver pelts as an article of exchange or as a standard of value. Canada, US, countable, uncountable
13
a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur wordnet
14
Beaver cloth, a heavy felted woollen cloth, used chiefly for making overcoats. countable, uncountable
15
a full beard wordnet
16
A brown colour, like that of a beaver. countable, uncountable
17
a native or resident of Oregon wordnet
18
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. countable
19
the soft brown fur of the beaver wordnet
20
Alternative letter-case form of Beaver (“member of the youngest wing of the Scout movement”). alt-of, countable, uncountable
21
A beard or a bearded person. countable, slang
"The beards were false ones. I could see the elastic going over their ears. In other words, I had fallen among a band of criminals who were not wilful beavers, but had merely assumed the fungus for purposes of disguise."
22
A game, in which points are scored by spotting beards. historical, slang, uncountable
23
The pubic hair near a vulva or a vulva itself; (attributively) denoting films or literature featuring nude women. Canada, US, countable, slang
"Finally it came on. It was a beauty, a beaver flick made in the late 1970s. It was called Big Black Leather Splits."
24
A woman, especially one who is sexually attractive. US, countable, offensive, slang, uncountable
"“10-4, Beaver [CB talk for a female], we’re all going down to Plains tomorrow after Jimmy Carter wins.”"

Verb

1
To form a felt-like texture, similar to the way beaver fur is used for felt-making.
"Without these attentions the woad will not beaver well, a term descriptive of the fineness of the capillary filaments into which it draws out when broken between the finger and thumb."
2
work hard on something wordnet
3
To work hard.
"When A. G. Dickens published his English Reformation in 1964 the archival beavering of a generation of graduate students was given its imprimatur in the claim to understand how the English people felt about religious change—largely, according to Dickens, positively."
4
To cut a continuous ring around a tree that one is felling. slang
5
After being doubled, to immediately double the stakes again, a move that keeps the doubling cube on one’s own side of the board.

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To spot a beard in a game of beaver. slang
"Beavering of foreign visitors does not count. This is a rule, but it is never carried out."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English bever, from Old English befer, from Proto-West Germanic *bebru, from Proto-Germanic *bebruz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus (“beaver”). Cognate with West Frisian bever, Dutch bever, French bièvre, German Biber, dialectal Swedish bjur. Non-Germanic cognates include Welsh befer, Latin fiber, Lithuanian bẽbras, Russian бобр (bobr), Avestan 𐬠𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬭𐬀 (bauura), and Sanskrit बभ्रु (bábhru, “mongoose; ichneumon”). Slang use to refer to a woman evolved from use to refer to pubic hair, which evolved from use to refer to beards, which evolved from use to refer to the furry animal or its fur.

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

See bevor.

Etymology 4

* As an English surname, capitalization of beaver. This sense is also translated from several Native American names such as Cheyenne homa'e and Creek Echaswvlke of the same meaning. Doublet of Bieber and Bever. * Also as an English surname, from the placename Belvoir in Leicestershire.

Etymology 5

Etymology 6

Calque of Canadian French Castor. From French castor (“beaver”).

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