Beaver
noun
A large animal with a broad flat tail that lives in North America and parts of Europe. It is famous for building dams in rivers.
I saw a beaver at the river bank building a dam.
Often appears as...
- beaver dam
- beaver habitat
noun
The soft dense fur of the beaver, used in making hats and clothing.
Her coat was made from fine beaver fur.
Often appears as...
- beaver fur
- beaver hat
Usage tips
General, Technical
noun
A person who works very hard and for a long time.
He's a real beaver when it comes to studying for exams.
Often appears as...
- busy as a beaver
- industrious as a beaver
Usage tips
Informal, Approving
Colloquial, Idiomatic
noun
A movable piece of armor on a medieval helmet, used to protect the lower part of the face.
He lifted the beaver of his helmet to reveal his face.
Often appears as...
- beaver helmet
- lift the beaver
Usage tips
Technical, Historical
noun
A large animal with a broad flat tail that lives in North America and parts of Europe. It is famous for building dams in rivers.
I saw a beaver at the river bank building a dam.
Often appears as...
- beaver dam
- beaver habitat
noun
The soft dense fur of the beaver, used in making hats and clothing.
Her coat was made from fine beaver fur.
Often appears as...
- beaver fur
- beaver hat
Usage tips
General, Technical
noun
A person who works very hard and for a long time.
He's a real beaver when it comes to studying for exams.
Often appears as...
- busy as a beaver
- industrious as a beaver
Usage tips
Informal, Approving
Colloquial, Idiomatic
noun
A movable piece of armor on a medieval helmet, used to protect the lower part of the face.
He lifted the beaver of his helmet to reveal his face.
Often appears as...
- beaver helmet
- lift the beaver
Usage tips
Technical, Historical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Not Just Dams
Beavers are known for more than dams; they create wetlands which are beneficial for other species.
Beavers help the ecosystem beyond their famous beaver dams.
Pro Tip 2/3Distinctive Tail
A beaver's tail is unique; it's broad, flat, and used for swimming and signaling danger.
You can spot a beaver by its distinctive tail slapping the water.
Pro Tip 3/3Nocturnal Animals
Beavers are mainly active at night, so they are harder to spot during the day.
You might catch beavers at work if you visit the river at night.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Just Dams
Beavers are known for more than dams; they create wetlands which are beneficial for other species.
Beavers help the ecosystem beyond their famous beaver dams.
Pro Tip 2/3Distinctive Tail
A beaver's tail is unique; it's broad, flat, and used for swimming and signaling danger.
You can spot a beaver by its distinctive tail slapping the water.
Pro Tip 3/3Nocturnal Animals
Beavers are mainly active at night, so they are harder to spot during the day.
You might catch beavers at work if you visit the river at night.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Just Dams
Beavers are known for more than dams; they create wetlands which are beneficial for other species.
Beavers help the ecosystem beyond their famous beaver dams.
Pro Tip 2/3Distinctive Tail
A beaver's tail is unique; it's broad, flat, and used for swimming and signaling danger.
You can spot a beaver by its distinctive tail slapping the water.
Pro Tip 3/3Nocturnal Animals
Beavers are mainly active at night, so they are harder to spot during the day.
You might catch beavers at work if you visit the river at night.
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Saving Cabins in the...
down and just has a natural creek to flow through all winter. And it's basically a Band-Aid though because once it gets real cold, it might freeze all the way down again and create this whole flood plain to start up again. Eventually that beaver house has to be destroyed. So there's no water flowing around or next to the cabins
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From the top of the food...
and are likely to have driven these cats away from their prey. There were armadillos as big as small cars, an eight foot beaver, and a bird with a 26 foot wingspan. Almost everywhere, the world's megafauna were driven to extinction, often by human hunters.
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Setting Up a Beaver Trap...
out spend hours and hours and hours opening up a hole just to get water most important thing is I need to have some water between the bottom of the ice and the bottom of the lake you need an area there where the beavers can swim in and
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Wild Beavers Return...
improving habitats for wildlife beavers are a species that could potentially benefit not only cornwall but the entire of the uk they are known to be a keystone species which means they benefit a wide range of
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Beavers: Dam Good...
considerably more water something that i can demonstrate using this pair of door stops now if the beavers got it wrong and built their dam with a sheer face upstream let's imagine that the door represents
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Beavers Are Genius PIPE...
America's largest rodent and they're the only ones with skin flaps behind their teeth that allow them to haul branches without swallowing water notice how neatly the beaver eats stripping the
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How I held my breath for...
So, basically you breathe pure O2 first, oxygenating your body, flushing out CO2, and you are able to hold much longer. I realized that my real competition was the beaver.
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Beaver Lodge Construction...
No one knew exactly what went on inside the lodge during winter, so when the beavers were away, we installed a couple of infrared cameras in order to find out.
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Beaver Genius PIPE National...
impressive architects and engineers beavers by creating this pie they're preventing soil from being washed away and they're creating a place where new
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A Collection Of Autumn...
stocking the fridge takes a lot of work and the beavers
Video examples
Saving Cabins in the...
down and just has a natural creek to flow through all winter. And it's basically a Band-Aid though because once it gets real cold, it might freeze all the way down again and create this whole flood plain to start up again. Eventually that beaver house has to be destroyed. So there's no water flowing around or next to the cabins
Video examples
From the top of the food...
and are likely to have driven these cats away from their prey. There were armadillos as big as small cars, an eight foot beaver, and a bird with a 26 foot wingspan. Almost everywhere, the world's megafauna were driven to extinction, often by human hunters.
Video examples
Setting Up a Beaver Trap...
out spend hours and hours and hours opening up a hole just to get water most important thing is I need to have some water between the bottom of the ice and the bottom of the lake you need an area there where the beavers can swim in and
Video examples
Wild Beavers Return...
improving habitats for wildlife beavers are a species that could potentially benefit not only cornwall but the entire of the uk they are known to be a keystone species which means they benefit a wide range of
Video examples
Beavers: Dam Good...
considerably more water something that i can demonstrate using this pair of door stops now if the beavers got it wrong and built their dam with a sheer face upstream let's imagine that the door represents
Video examples
Beavers Are Genius PIPE...
America's largest rodent and they're the only ones with skin flaps behind their teeth that allow them to haul branches without swallowing water notice how neatly the beaver eats stripping the
Video examples
How I held my breath for...
So, basically you breathe pure O2 first, oxygenating your body, flushing out CO2, and you are able to hold much longer. I realized that my real competition was the beaver.
Video examples
Beaver Lodge Construction...
No one knew exactly what went on inside the lodge during winter, so when the beavers were away, we installed a couple of infrared cameras in order to find out.
Video examples
Beaver Genius PIPE National...
impressive architects and engineers beavers by creating this pie they're preventing soil from being washed away and they're creating a place where new
Video examples
A Collection Of Autumn...
stocking the fridge takes a lot of work and the beavers
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Jane Velez-Mitchell
American Journalist
The raccoons, foxes, beavers, chinchillas, minks, rabbits, and yes, sometimes even dogs and cats that are killed for fur are not very different from your beloved dog or cat. They all have eyes, ears and hearts. They all experience pain when they are physically maimed. They shake with fear when they experience terror.
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Yuval Noah Harari
Israeli Historian
As beavers build dams and bees build hives, human beings have spears. Or take the high intelligence of human beings, the ability to make plans, to transmit information - that was also there before, but that, together with the tools, was not enough to make man special.
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Les Claypool
American Musician
I had one guy pretend to be me, go to a hotel room, and tell the people at the front desk that it was me, and then he went in and stole all of our luggage. There's always that eager beaver that wants to be a part of the team and comes off as a sticky fly.
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Lee Iacocca
American Businessman
The kind of people I look for to fill top management spots are the eager beavers, the mavericks. These are the guys who try to do more than they're expected to do - they always reach.
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Dennis Banks
American Activist
To be selected was an honor, and in respect of the family member chosen to run, families held feasts and gave away prized beaver coats, quilled tobacco bags and buffalo hides.
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Donald Rumsfeld
American Politician
Reduce the number of lawyers. They are like beavers - they get in the middle of the stream and dam it up.
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Samuel de Champlain
French Explorer
They might in the future more than ever before engage in hunting beavers.
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John W. Dawson
American Politician
Canada has two emblems - the beaver and the maple.
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Mike Todd
American Producer
Beaver do better work than the Corps of Engineers.
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Margaret Atwood
Canadian Novelist
Canada was built on dead beavers.
Quote examples
Jane Velez-Mitchell
American Journalist
The raccoons, foxes, beavers, chinchillas, minks, rabbits, and yes, sometimes even dogs and cats that are killed for fur are not very different from your beloved dog or cat. They all have eyes, ears and hearts. They all experience pain when they are physically maimed. They shake with fear when they experience terror.
Quote examples
Yuval Noah Harari
Israeli Historian
As beavers build dams and bees build hives, human beings have spears. Or take the high intelligence of human beings, the ability to make plans, to transmit information - that was also there before, but that, together with the tools, was not enough to make man special.
Quote examples
Les Claypool
American Musician
I had one guy pretend to be me, go to a hotel room, and tell the people at the front desk that it was me, and then he went in and stole all of our luggage. There's always that eager beaver that wants to be a part of the team and comes off as a sticky fly.
Quote examples
Lee Iacocca
American Businessman
The kind of people I look for to fill top management spots are the eager beavers, the mavericks. These are the guys who try to do more than they're expected to do - they always reach.
Quote examples
Dennis Banks
American Activist
To be selected was an honor, and in respect of the family member chosen to run, families held feasts and gave away prized beaver coats, quilled tobacco bags and buffalo hides.
Quote examples
Donald Rumsfeld
American Politician
Reduce the number of lawyers. They are like beavers - they get in the middle of the stream and dam it up.
Quote examples
Samuel de Champlain
French Explorer
They might in the future more than ever before engage in hunting beavers.
Quote examples
John W. Dawson
American Politician
Canada has two emblems - the beaver and the maple.
Quote examples
Mike Todd
American Producer
Beaver do better work than the Corps of Engineers.
Quote examples
Margaret Atwood
Canadian Novelist
Canada was built on dead beavers.
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