calves

Senso (Inglese)

calf

  1. A young cow or bull of any bovid, such as domestic cattle or buffalo.
  2. Leather made of the skin of domestic calves; especially, a fine, light-coloured leather used in bookbinding.
  3. The young of various animals, especially elephant, giraffe, reindeer, seal, or whale (also indiscriminately used of other animals).
  4. A mass of ice broken from a larger glacier, ice shelf, or iceberg.
  5. A small island, near a larger island.
  6. A cabless railroad engine.
  7. (dated, informal) An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt.

calve

  1. (intransitive) To give birth to a calf.
  2. (intransitive) To assist in a cow’s giving birth to a calf.
  3. (transitive) To give birth to (a calf).
  4. (especially, figuratively, intransitive) To shed a large piece, e.g. an iceberg or a smaller block of ice (coming off an iceberg).
  5. (especially, figuratively, intransitive) To break off.
  6. (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).

Frequenza

C2
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/kævz/

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