calves
Betekenis (Engels)
calf
- A young cow or bull of any bovid, such as domestic cattle or buffalo.
- Leather made of the skin of domestic calves; especially, a fine, light-coloured leather used in bookbinding.
- The young of various animals, especially elephant, giraffe, reindeer, seal, or whale (also indiscriminately used of other animals).
- A mass of ice broken from a larger glacier, ice shelf, or iceberg.
- A small island, near a larger island.
- A cabless railroad engine.
- (dated, informal) An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt.
calve
- (intransitive) To give birth to a calf.
- (intransitive) To assist in a cow’s giving birth to a calf.
- (transitive) To give birth to (a calf).
- (especially, figuratively, intransitive) To shed a large piece, e.g. an iceberg or a smaller block of ice (coming off an iceberg).
- (especially, figuratively, intransitive) To break off.
- (especially, figuratively, transitive) To shed (a large piece, e.g. an iceberg); to set loose (a mass of ice), e.g. a block of ice (coming off an iceberg).
Vertalings
Frekwensie
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/kævz/
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