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Webster 1913 Edition

Bever

Be′ver

,
Noun.
[OE.
bever
a drink, drinking time, OF.
beivre
,
boivre
, to drink, fr. L.
bibere
.]
A light repast between meals; a lunch.
[Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.

Be′ver

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bevered
([GREEK]).]
To take a light repast between meals.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Bever

BEV'ER

,
Noun.
A collation or small repast between meals. [Not used.]

BEV'ER

,
Verb.
I.
To take a small repast between meals.

Definition 2024

bever

bever

English

Pronunciation

Verb

bever ‎(third-person singular simple present bevers, present participle bevering, simple past and past participle bevered)

  1. (intransitive) To tremble; shake; quiver; shiver.
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte D'Arthur, page 25:
      Wherefore King Ban and King Bors made them ready, and dressed their shields and harness, and they were so courageous that many knights shook and bevered for eagerness.
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Etymology 2

Noun

bever ‎(plural bevers)

  1. Alternative spelling of bevor
    • 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 8:
      Some close helmets have a farther improvement called a bever, the bever when closed covers the mouth and chin, and either lifts up by revolving on the same pivots as the visor, or lets down by means of two or more pivots on each side near the jaws, in which case the bever consists of several laminæ or plates, one shutting over the other.

Etymology 3

Anglo-Norman bever, from Old French beivre ‎(“drinking, drink, to drink”) (French boire), from Latin bibō.

Noun

bever ‎(plural bevers)

  1. A drink.
  2. (now rare, archaic) A snack or light refreshment between meals.
    • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, II.2:
      It seemeth that wee daily shorten the use of this, and that in our houses (as I have seene in mine infancie) breakfasts, nunchions, and beavers [transl. collations] should be more frequent and often used than now adayes they are.
    • 1604, Christopher Marlowe, Dr. Faustus:
      Thirty meals a day and ten bevers.
    • 1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers:
      Very softly I boiled water, made a sandwich from the remains of the luncheon roast chicken, scalded the Twining creature. Then I softly carried my bever to the study on a tray […].
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Verb

bever ‎(third-person singular simple present bevers, present participle bevering, simple past and past participle bevered)

  1. (obsolete) To take a light repast between meals.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Old Dutch *bever, from Proto-Germanic *bebruz.

Noun

bever m ‎(plural bevers, diminutive bevertje n)

  1. beaver

Anagrams

Hungarian

Etymology

be- +‎ ver

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɛvɛr]
  • Hyphenation: be‧ver

Verb

bever

  1. (transitive, of one's head) to knock (into something -ba/-be)
    A kisfiú véletlenül beverte a fejét az asztalba.‎ ― The little boy accidentally knocked his head into the table.
  2. (transitive, of nails) to drive in (-ba/-be)
    Beverte a szögeket a falba.‎ ― S/he drove the nails into the wall.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • beverés

Ladino

Etymology

From Latin bibō, bibere.

Verb

bever ‎(Latin spelling)

  1. to drink

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German bever (compare with Dutch bever, German Biber and English beaver). The word replaced Old Norse bjórr (compare with Norwegian Nynorsk bjor).

Noun

bever m ‎(definite singular beveren, indefinite plural bevere or bevre or bevrer, definite plural beverne or bevrene)

  1. a beaver (aquatic mammal)
    En bever kan veie opptil 40 kg.
    A beaver can weigh up to 40 kg.
  2. a beaver's fur
    Kåpen er av bever.
    The coat is made of beaver fur.
  3. a 6 to 8 year old member of the Scouts

References

  • “bever” in The Ordnett Dictionary
  • “bever” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  • Article in Store norske leksikon ("great Norwegian encyclopedia") on beavers.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German bever (compare Dutch bever, German Biber and English beaver). The word replaced Old Norse bjórr (compare Norwegian Nynorsk bjor).

Noun

bever m ‎(definite singular beveren, indefinite plural beverar, definite plural beverane)

  1. beaver (aquatic mammal)
    Ein bever kan vege opptil 40 kg.
    A beaver can weigh up to 40 kg.
  2. a beaver's fur
    Kåpa er av bever.
    The coat is made of beaver fur.
  3. a 6 to 8 year old member of the Scouting

Synonyms

  • bjor

References

  • “bever” in The Ordnett Dictionary
  • “bever” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • Article in Store norske leksikon ("great Norwegian encyclopedia") on beavers.

Old French

Etymology 1

see beivre

Verb

bever

  1. Alternative form of beivre

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *bebruz. More at English beaver.

Noun

bever m ‎(oblique plural bevers, nominative singular bevers, nominative plural bever)

  1. beaver (mammal)

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin bibō, bibere.

Verb

bever

  1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) to drink

Etymology

From Middle English beveren ‎(“to tremble”), frequentative form of Old English beofian, bifian ‎(“to tremble, be moved, shake, quake”), from Proto-Germanic *bibōną, *bibjaną ‎(“to quake, shiver”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoyǝ- ‎(“to frighten, be afraid”). Cognate with Dutch bibberen ‎(“to shiver, quiver”), Low German beveren ‎(“to shiver”), Dutch beven ‎(“to quake”), German beben ‎(“to quake, tremble”), Swedish bäva ‎(“to quake, tremble”), Icelandic bifa ‎(“to budge, be moved”), Latin foedus ‎(“disgusting, shocking, abominable, heinous”).

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