Beaver

Word BEAVER
Character 6
Hyphenation bea ver
Pronunciations /ˈbiːvə/

Definitions and meanings of "Beaver"

What do we mean by beaver?

A semiaquatic rodent of the genus Castor, having a wide, flat tail and webbed feet.

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

The pubic hair and/or vulva of a woman.

The fur of the beaver.

Beaver cloth, a heavy felted woollen cloth, used chiefly for making overcoats.

A brown colour, like that of a beaver (also called beaver brown).

A man who wears a beard.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Beaver

The word "beaver" in example sentences

More recently, however, the term beaver has become slang for a woman's genitals. ❋ Unknown (2010)

To him a beaver is a 1/5th of a fur coat for his wife or a nice hat. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He ended up going to a farmer's market, buying a key chain, and what they call a beaver tail, this kind of flattened doughnut. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Though considered a pest because of the culvert-clogging dams it builds on streams, the beaver is an ally in conserving valuable wetland habitat for declining amphibian populations, a University of Alberta study shows. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Kinda makes me glad the beaver is our national animal. posted by Candace at 6/05/2005 10: 08: 00 PM ❋ Candace (2005)

I believe in peacekeeping, not policing diversity, not assimilation and that the beaver is a proud and noble animal. ❋ Unknown (2005)

You know, I'm at last beginning to understand why the beaver is our national emblem. ❋ Unknown (1949)

In fact it has been well said that the beaver is the empire builder of Canada. ❋ Unknown (1936)

This is our common course; this is in some sort open to every creature, what we call the beaver career; perhaps more open in England, taking in ❋ Thomas Carlyle (1838)

They work great for me in beaver ponds, where a slow retrieve seems more productive and lures like spoons or weighed spinners need a faster retrieve to not drag bottom. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Although your article sited “painless, instant beaver traps”, conibear traps only meet that description if the beaver is fortunate enough to place his head in directly inside them. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Of course they study too, but "the studious beaver is also the social beaver" 1, and one young woman turns out to be doodling an evening gown instead of boning up on multivariable calculus. ❋ Peggy (2009)

"The beaver is a keystone species whose re-introduction can bring a wide range of benefits to the countryside, including improving the ecology of Scotland's wetland habitats and associated birds, insects, fish and animals, reducing downstream flooding and improving water quality." ❋ Unknown (2007)

Seems to me what's sauce for the beaver is sauce for the wild rose. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Finding firm footing in beaver ponds is difficult, so stomp around and get your feet in good shooting position now. ❋ Unknown (2005)

The bottom line: Killing ducks in beaver ponds and swamps can come very, very easily. ❋ Unknown (2005)

A hilarious/depressing post by the excellent Dan Hartung (about censorship of the comic strip Get Fuzzy) in his blog Stilicho ("a barbarian in the civilized world"—you know Stilicho, right?) led me to an investigation of the least respectable of the various meanings of the word beaver, which of course led me to the OED, where I discovered that the first citation of this meaning was: ❋ Unknown (2005)

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