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calve

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calve  (kv, käv)
v. calved, calv·ing, calves
v.intr.
1. To give birth to a calf.
2. To break at an edge, so that a portion separates. Used of a glacier or iceberg.
v.tr.
1. To give birth to (a calf).
2. To set loose (a mass of ice). Used of a glacier or iceberg.

[Middle English calven, from Old English *calfian, from calf, calf.]

calve
Verb
[calving, calved] to give birth to a calf
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.calve - release ice; "The icebergs and glaciers calve"
divide, part, separate - come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated"
2.calve - birth; "the whales calve at this time of year"
birth, give birth, bear, deliver, have - cause to be born; "My wife had twins yesterday!"
Translations
calve [kɑːv] viparir

calve [kɑːv] vivêler, mettre bas

calve [kɑːv] vikalben

calve [kɑːv] vifigliare

calve, calves calf ~calf


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Levin gazed admiringly at the cows he knew so intimately to the minutest detail of their condition, and gave orders for them to be driven out into the meadow, and the calves to be let into the paddock.
Her outgrown cotton dress switched about her calves, over the boot-tops.
But now the old ladies grew afraid to send their lap-dogs to Doctor Dolittle because of the crocodile; and the farmers wouldn't believe that he would not eat the lambs and sick calves they brought to be cured.
 
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