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 Definitions of Calve  [æv, kɑv]  

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Definition of 'Calve' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.i.) calve
to give birth to a calf.

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

3. (v.t.) calve
to give birth to (a calf).

4.  calve
(of a glacier, an iceberg, etc.) to produce (a detached piece) by calving.

Etymology:  (bef. 1000; ME; OE (Anglian) *calfian, der. of calfcalf1)

Definition of 'Calve' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) calve, break up
release ice
"The icebergs and glaciers calve"

2. (verb) calve, have young
birth
"the whales calve at this time of year"


Definition of 'Calve' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) Calve
to bring forth a calf

2. (verb) Calve
to bring forth young; to produce offspring


Translation of 'Calve' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to give birth to a calf
The cow calved last night.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: kalf Arabic flag Arabic: تَلِدُ (البَقَرَه) Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: отелвам се
Brazilian flag Brazilian: parir Czech flag Czech: otelit se German flag German: kalben
Danish flag Danish: kælve Greek flag Greek: γεννώ μοσχαράκι Spanish flag Spanish: parir( un becerro)
Estonian flag Estonian: poegima Farsi flag Farsi: گوساله زاییدن؛ بچه زاییدن Finnish flag Finnish: poikia
French flag French: véler Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְהַמלִיט Hindi flag Hindi: बछड़े को जन्म देना
Croatian flag Croatian: oteliti se Hungarian flag Hungarian: borjazik Indonesian flag Indonesian: melahirkan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: kelfa, bera Italian flag Italian: figliare, partorire Japanese flag Japanese: 子牛を産む
Korean flag Korean: 새끼를 낳다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: apsiveršiuoti, atsivesti Latvian flag Latvian: atnesties
Malay flag Malay: melahirkan Dutch flag Dutch: kalven Norwegian flag Norwegian: kalve, føde
Polish flag Polish: cielić się Persian flag Persian: گوساله زاییدن؛ بچه زاییدن Pashto flag Pashto: خوسكى (ګيله كى) زيږول
Portuguese flag Portuguese: parir Romanian flag Romanian: a făta Russian flag Russian: отелиться
Slovak flag Slovak: oteliť sa Slovenian flag Slovenian: oteliti se Serbian flag Serbian: oteliti se
Swedish flag Swedish: kalva Thai flag Thai: ออกลูก (ใช้กับวัว) Turkish flag Turkish: buzağılamak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 生小牛 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: телитися Urdu flag Urdu: بچھڑا دینا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: bò đẻ Chinese flag Chinese: 生小牛

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'Calve' - Nearby Entries  

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