beaver away (at something)
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beaver away — verb work hard on something • Syn: ↑beaver • Derivationally related forms: ↑beaver (for: ↑beaver) • Hypernyms: ↑work • Verb Frames … Useful english dictionary
beaver away — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms beaver away : present tense I/you/we/they beaver away he/she/it beavers away present participle beavering away past tense beavered away past participle beavered away informal if you beaver away at something … English dictionary
beaver away — PHRASAL VERB If you are beavering away at something, you are working very hard at it. [V P at/on n] They had a team of architects beavering away at a scheme for the rehabilitation of District 6... [V P] They are beavering away to get everything… … English dictionary
beaver — bea|ver1 [ bivər ] noun 1. ) count a small North American animal that has a wide flat tail and thick fur. Beavers cut down trees with their teeth and build DAMS (=walls) across streams. 2. ) uncount the fur of a beaver, used for making clothes… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
beaver — bea|ver1 [ˈbi:və US ər] n [: Old English; Origin: beofor] a North American animal that has thick fur and a wide flat tail, and cuts down trees with its teeth →eager beaver at ↑eager beaver 2 beaver2 v beaver away phr v to work very hard,… … Dictionary of contemporary English
beaver — 1 noun (C) a North American animal that has thick fur, a wide flat tail, and cuts down trees with its teeth see also: eager beaver eager (3) 2 verb beaver away phrasal verb BrE informal to work very hard, especially at writing or calculating… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
beaver — beaver1 beaverlike, beaverish, adj. /bee veuhr/, n., pl. beavers, (esp. collectively) beaver for 1; v. n. 1. a large, amphibious rodent of the genus Castor, having sharp incisors, webbed hind feet, and a flattened tail, noted for its ability to… … Universalium
grind away — verb study intensively, as before an exam I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam • Syn: ↑cram, ↑drum, ↑bone up, ↑swot, ↑get up, ↑mug up, ↑swot up, ↑bone … Useful english dictionary
peg away — verb work doggedly or persistently She keeps plugging away at her dissertation • Syn: ↑plug away, ↑slog, ↑keep one s nose to the grindstone, ↑keep one s shoulder to the wheel • Derivationally related forms: ↑slogger … Useful english dictionary
plug away — verb 1. work doggedly or persistently She keeps plugging away at her dissertation • Syn: ↑peg away, ↑slog, ↑keep one s nose to the grindstone, ↑keep one s shoulder to the wheel • Derivationally related forms: ↑slogger … Useful english dictionary
