Explore Beavering through 3 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Beavering meaning
Hunting or trapping beaver.
Using Beavering
- The main meaning on this page is: Hunting or trapping beaver.
- In the example corpus, beavering often appears in combinations such as: beavering away.
Context around Beavering
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Beavering
- In this selection, "beavering" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sides and away stand out and add context to how "beavering" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include both sides beavering away in and chefs were beavering away in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "beavering" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with beavering
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It’s out of my lane to talk about botanical science but clever people are beavering away creating robust strains of living sports turf. (24 words)
No doubt there have been junior staff on both sides beavering away in basements to plan for the possibility, whether or not their superiors took them seriously. (27 words)
I would happily have eaten lunch and dinner here, after a tour of the kitchens, where a team of female chefs were beavering away in preparation for lunch service. (29 words)
I would happily have eaten lunch and dinner here, after a tour of the kitchens, where a team of female chefs were beavering away in preparation for lunch service. (29 words)
No doubt there have been junior staff on both sides beavering away in basements to plan for the possibility, whether or not their superiors took them seriously. (27 words)
It’s out of my lane to talk about botanical science but clever people are beavering away creating robust strains of living sports turf. (24 words)
Example sentences (3)
It’s out of my lane to talk about botanical science but clever people are beavering away creating robust strains of living sports turf.
I would happily have eaten lunch and dinner here, after a tour of the kitchens, where a team of female chefs were beavering away in preparation for lunch service.
No doubt there have been junior staff on both sides beavering away in basements to plan for the possibility, whether or not their superiors took them seriously.
Common combinations with beavering
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: