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BEAVER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large semiaquatic rodent with webbed hind feet and a broad flat tail; construct complex dams and underwater lodges
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("beaver" is a kind of...):
gnawer; rodent (relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "beaver"):
Castor fiber; Old World beaver (a European variety of beaver)
Castor canadensis; New World beaver (a variety of beaver found in almost all areas of North America except Florida)
Holonyms ("beaver" is a member of...):
Castor; genus Castor (type genus of the Castoridae: beavers)
Derivation:
beaver (work hard on something)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A hat made with the fur of a beaver (or similar material)
Synonyms:
beaver; castor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("beaver" is a kind of...):
fur hat (a hat made of fur)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A movable piece of armor on a medieval helmet used to protect the lower face
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("beaver" is a kind of...):
armor plate; armor plating; armour plate; plate armor; plate armour (specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire)
Holonyms ("beaver" is a part of...):
helmet (a protective headgear made of hard material to resist blows)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur
Synonyms:
beaver; dress hat; high hat; opera hat; silk hat; stovepipe; top hat; topper
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("beaver" is a kind of...):
chapeau; hat; lid (headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim)
man's clothing (clothing that is designed for men to wear)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A full beard
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("beaver" is a kind of...):
beard; face fungus; whiskers (the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face)
Sense 6
Meaning:
A native or resident of Oregon
Synonyms:
Beaver; Oregonian
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Beaver" is a kind of...):
American (a native or inhabitant of the United States)
Sense 7
Meaning:
The soft brown fur of the beaver
Synonyms:
beaver; beaver fur
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("beaver" is a kind of...):
fur; pelt (the dressed hairy coat of a mammal)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they beaver ... he / she / it beavers
Past simple: beavered
Past participle: beavered
-ing form: beavering
Sense 1
Meaning:
Work hard on something
Synonyms:
beaver; beaver away
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "beaver" is one way to...):
work (exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Derivation:
beaver (large semiaquatic rodent with webbed hind feet and a broad flat tail; construct complex dams and underwater lodges)
Context examples:
It was Grey Beaver's will that he should go ashore, for ashore he was flung, striking heavily on his side and hurting his bruises afresh.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
At Grey Beaver's heels he limped obediently through the village to the tepee.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Grey Beaver never petted nor caressed.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Nay, Grey Beaver himself sometimes tossed him a piece of meat, and defended him against the other dogs in the eating of it.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Besides, he was learning how to get along with Grey Beaver.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
He sorrowed too loudly and woke up Grey Beaver, who beat him.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Came the day when Grey Beaver, deciding that the liability of her running away was past, released Kiche.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Grey Beaver was in the debt of Three Eagles.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Then Grey Beaver took a knife from a sheath that hung around his neck, and went into the thicket and cut a stick.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
He came upon one of the man-animals, Grey Beaver, who was squatting on his hams and doing something with sticks and dry moss spread before him on the ground.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
