"beavering" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: beaver + -ing Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|beaver|ing}} beaver + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} beavering (uncountable)
  1. Hunting or trapping beaver. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Hunting
    Sense id: en-beavering-en-noun-gH4a3unD Disambiguation of Hunting: 75 25

Verb

Etymology: beaver + -ing Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|beaver|ing}} beaver + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} beavering
  1. present participle and gerund of beaver Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: beaver Derived forms: beavering away
    Sense id: en-beavering-en-verb-HOSZgLIT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 26 74 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 25 75

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