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Definition of beaver verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

beaver

verb
 
/ˈbiːvə(r)/
 
/ˈbiːvər/
Word Originverb Old English beofor, befor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bever and German Biber, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘brown’.
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they beaver
 
/ˈbiːvə(r)/
 
/ˈbiːvər/
he / she / it beavers
 
/ˈbiːvəz/
 
/ˈbiːvərz/
past simple beavered
 
/ˈbiːvəd/
 
/ˈbiːvərd/
past participle beavered
 
/ˈbiːvəd/
 
/ˈbiːvərd/
-ing form beavering
 
/ˈbiːvərɪŋ/
 
/ˈbiːvərɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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previously
adverb
 
 
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