Modifying Another Word

• there: It is still there beavering away, the last relic of Old Labor untouched by the political upheavals of the Thatcher era.

• already: The Germans are already beavering away, signing up ten year contracts to supply Poland with a variety of agricultural produce.

Converse of object

• see: When he got to the creek, he saw a beaver sitting beside the stream.

Adjective modifier

• eager: One must not be a brash, eager beaver.

• European: The European beaver was an important part of the native fauna of the Caledonian Forest.

• busy: To use a few well chosen words, coined by some animal expert no doubt, I have been quite the busy beaver.

• little: In short, it's a busy little beaver!

• giant: Spotted hyaenas, giant beaver, extinct big cats, extinct species of rhino, extinct giant deer and other deer.

Modifies a noun

• pelt: A coin was created to equal the value of one beaver pelt.

• dam: Hint: Secret level: In God Machine Valley, in the beaver dam level go to where the big drill is located.

• hat: To complete the outfit we wore a flat beaver hat.

• pond: There is one lovely beaver pond hidden away in a little valley in the mountains which I have kept quite secret.

• skin: The beaver skin became the basic unit of currency over much of the western United States.

• population: However the beaver population reached just 60 % of its capacity then stabilized through self-regulation.

Modifying Another Word

• quietly: Great operations usually have humble beginnings and founders who beaver away quietly for years.

• away: Sam Fawcett and the intrepid Mick Tyler continue to beaver away with all their courses adding yet more pebbles to the pond!

Followed by an intransitive particle

• away: He does not want the open source community to beaver away trying to create a replica of every Windows package he might use.