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beavering

beavering noun: hunting or trapping beaver. Also the present participle and gerund of beaver.

Noun

beavering (uncountable)

  1. Hunting or trapping beaver.
    • Thank'ee, Hurry; thank'ee, with all my heart--but I do a little beavering for myself as occasions offer.1841, James Fenimore Cooper, The Deerslayer

Also used as

beavering is also the present participle and gerund of beaver.

Origin of beavering

From beaver + -ing.

Words formed from beavering

Questions about beavering

What does beavering mean?
Beavering means hunting or trapping beaver.
What part of speech is beavering?
Beavering is a noun.

Words near beavering in the dictionary

  1. Beaverhead County
  2. Beaverhead Mountains
  3. beaveries
  4. beaverine
  5. beaverines
  6. beavering
  7. beavering away
  8. beaverish
  9. beaverite
  10. Beaverkill
  11. beaverkin

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