calve

[ kav, kahv ]

/ kæv, kɑv /

verb (used without object), calved, calv·ing.

to give birth to a calf: The cow is expected to calve tomorrow.

(of a glacier, an iceberg, etc.) to break up or splinter so as to produce a detached piece.

verb (used with object), calved, calv·ing.

to give birth to (a calf).

(of a glacier, an iceberg, etc.) to break off or detach (a piece): The glacier calved an iceberg.

Origin of calve

before 1000; Middle English calven,Old English (Anglian) *calfian, derivative of calfcalf¹; cognate with Old English (West Saxon ) cealfian

Words nearby calve

Calvados, calvaria, calvarium, Calvary, Calvary cross, calve, Calvé-Perthes disease, Calvert, calves, Calvin, Calvin cycle

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Example sentences from the Web for calve

These Welsh heifers will calve about May; and they are just the very thing for a cottager.
Rural Rides|William Cobbett
Farmers do not kill their breeding ewes in March, nor butcher cows that are to calve in a month; it does not pay.
In New England Fields and Woods|Rowland E. Robinson
In taking some calve's-foot jelly from the fire, she had inadvertently overturned the boiling liquid.
Trevlyn Hold|Mrs. Henry Wood
We have a goddess that makes the butter to come in the churn, curdles the milk for the cheese, and helps the cow to calve.
Lords of the World|Alfred John Church

They have milk at all times, and may be milked all the year, excepting four or five days before they calve.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume V (of 10)|Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon

British Dictionary definitions for calve

calve

/ (kɑːv) /

verb

to give birth to (a calf)

(of a glacier or iceberg) to release (masses of ice) in breaking up

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单词	calve
释义	calve [ kav, kahv ] / kæv, kɑv / verb (used without object), calved, calv·ing. to give birth to a calf: The cow is expected to calve tomorrow. (of a glacier, an iceberg, etc.) to break up or splinter so as to produce a detached piece. verb (used with object), calved, calv·ing. to give birth to (a calf). (of a glacier, an iceberg, etc.) to break off or detach (a piece): The glacier calved an iceberg. Origin of calve before 1000; Middle English calven,Old English (Anglian) *calfian, derivative of calfcalf¹; cognate with Old English (West Saxon ) cealfian Words nearby calve Calvados, calvaria, calvarium, Calvary, Calvary cross, calve, Calvé-Perthes disease, Calvert, calves, Calvin, Calvin cycle Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for calve These Welsh heifers will calve about May; and they are just the very thing for a cottager. Rural Rides\|William Cobbett Farmers do not kill their breeding ewes in March, nor butcher cows that are to calve in a month; it does not pay. In New England Fields and Woods\|Rowland E. Robinson In taking some calve's-foot jelly from the fire, she had inadvertently overturned the boiling liquid. Trevlyn Hold\|Mrs. Henry Wood We have a goddess that makes the butter to come in the churn, curdles the milk for the cheese, and helps the cow to calve. Lords of the World\|Alfred John Church They have milk at all times, and may be milked all the year, excepting four or five days before they calve. Buffon's Natural History. Volume V (of 10)\|Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon British Dictionary definitions for calve calve / (kɑːv) / verb to give birth to (a calf) (of a glacier or iceberg) to release (masses of ice) in breaking up Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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