CALVE


Meaning of CALVE in English

(~s, calving, ~d)

1.

When a cow ~s, it gives birth to a calf.

When his cows ~ each year he keeps one or two ~s for his family.

VERB: V

2.

Some other female animals, including elephants and whales, are said to ~ when they give birth to their young.

The whales migrate some 6,000 miles to breed and ~ in the warm lagoons.

VERB: V

3.

Calves is the plural of calf .

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