BEVER

Definitions: BEVER

BEVER

Intransitive verb

1. To take a light repast between meals.

Noun

1. A light repast between meals; a lunch.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "BEVER" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references)

Specialty Definitions: BEVER

Domain	Definitions
Literature	Bever A "drink" between meals. (Italian, bevere, to drink- our beverage; Latin, bibere - our im-bibe). At Eton they used to have "Bever days," when extra beer and bread were served during the afternoon in the College Hall to scholars, and any friends whom they might bring in. "He . . . will devour three breakfasts . . . without prejudice to his bevers."- Beaumont and Fletcher: Woman Hater, i. 3. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Slang in 1811	BEVER. An afternoon's luncheon; also a fine hat; beaver's fur making the best hats. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
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Specialty Definition: Bever

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Bever is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality only comprises the town of Bever proper. On January 1st, 2000 Bever had a total population of 1,980 (965 males and 1,015 females). The total area is 19.16 km² which gives a population density of 103.34 inhabitants per km².

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Bever."

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Synonyms within Context: BEVER

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Food	Meal, repast, feed, spread; mess; dish, plate, course; regale; regalement, refreshment, entertainment; refection, collation, picnic, feast, banquet, junket; breakfast; lunch, luncheon; dejeuner, bever, tiffin, dinner, supper, snack, junk food, fast food, whet, bait, dessert; potluck, table d'hote, dejeuner a la fourchette; hearty meal, square meal, substantial meal, full meal; blowout; light refreshment; bara, chotahazri; bara khana.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: BEVER

English words defined with "BEVER": Bever gear, Bevered. (references)

Specialty definitions using "BEVER": Helmets. (references)

Non-English Usage: "BEVER" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Dutch (beaver), Hungarian (bash, bump, drive in, hammer in, stave, to bash, to bump, to bung, to burr, to dig, dug, to hammer in, to hammer into, to knock in, to knock into, to prick, to sink, sank, sunk, to stave, to stave in, to stave, stove).

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Commercial Usage: BEVER

Domain	Title
Books	De Bever Hall : the story of a stately dolls house (reference) Neurobiology of Comparative Cognition (Roitblat Bever Olton Series) (reference) (more book examples)
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Name Usage Frequency: BEVER

The following table summarizes the usage of "BEVER" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Bever	Last name	1,000	11,597
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: BEVER

Country	Name
Netherlands	Bever Holding N.V.
	(more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expression: BEVER

Expression using "BEVER": Bever gear. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: BEVER

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
bever	61
bever zwerfsport	11
bever sport	6
bever weekend	5
460 bever	5
bever hunt	3
bever creek	3
350 bever	3
bever country music	3
bever strombeek	3
bever lake	3
bever post	3
david bever	2
bever julie	2
bald bever	2
bever leigh banfield	2
bever fever	2
bever van vicki	2
bever sarah	2
490 bever fighter	2
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Derivations: BEVER

Derivations
	Words beginning with "BEVER": beverage, beverages. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: BEVER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: breve.
	Words within the letters "b-e-e-r-v"
	-1 letter: beer, bree, ever, veer, verb.
	-2 letters: bee, ere, eve, reb, ree, rev, vee.
	-3 letters: be, er, re.
	Words containing the letters "b-e-e-r-v"
	+1 letter: beaver, breves, brevet, reverb.
	+2 letters: beavers, behaver, bereave, beveler, brevets, brevier, observe, obverse, overbed, overbet, reverbs, verbena, verbile, verbose.
	+3 letters: beavered, bedcover, bedrivel, behavers, believer, bereaved, bereaver, bereaves, beshiver, bevelers, beveller, beverage, brevetcy, breveted, breviers, deverbal, observed, observer, observes, obverses, obverted, overable, overbake, overbear, overbeat, overbets, overbite, overblew, overbore, overbred, reverbed, riverbed, servable, subserve, svedberg, verbenas, verbiage, verbiles, verbless, verboten, vertebra.
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