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1. (countable) A semiaquatic rodent of the genus Castor, having a wide, flat tail and webbed feet, native to the Northern Hemisphere.
2. Butter.
3. Alternative spelling of bevor (“part of a helmet)”.
4. The fur of the beaver.
5. (countable) A hat, of various shapes, made from a felted beaver fur (or later of silk), fashionable in Europe between 1550 and 1850.
6. (Canada, US) Beaver pelts as an article of exchange or as a standard of value.
7. Beaver cloth, a heavy felted woollen cloth, used chiefly for making overcoats.
8. A brown colour, like that of a beaver.
9. (countable, backgammon) 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.
10. Alternative letter-case form of Beaver (“member of the youngest wing of the Scout movement)”.
11. (countable, slang) A beard or a bearded person.
12. (uncountable, historical, slang) A game, in which points are scored by spotting beards.
13. (chiefly Canada, US, slang, countable) The pubic hair near a vulva or a vulva itself; (attributively) denoting films or literature featuring nude women.
14. (US, offensive, slang) A woman, especially one who is sexually attractive.

Verbit

1. To form a felt-like texture, similar to the way beaver fur is used for felt-making.
2. To work hard.
3. (timber industry, slang) To cut a continuous ring around a tree that one is felling.
4. (backgammon) After being doubled, to immediately double the stakes again, a move that keeps the doubling cube on one’s own side of the board.
5. (slang) To spot a beard in a game of beaver.