calve
verb /kɑːv/
/kæv/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they calve | /kɑːv/ /kæv/ |
he / she / it calves | /kɑːvz/ /kævz/ |
past simple calved | /kɑːvd/ /kævd/ |
past participle calved | /kɑːvd/ /kævd/ |
-ing form calving | /ˈkɑːvɪŋ/ /ˈkævɪŋ/ |
- (of a cow) to give birth to a calfOxford Collocations DictionaryCalve is used with these nouns as the subject:
- cow
Word OriginOld English calfian, from cælf ‘calf’.