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UK
/kˈɑːv/
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VERB
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give birth to (a calf)
the whales calve at this time of year -
release ice
The icebergs and glaciers calve
How To Use calve In A Sentence
- He mates them to a Charolais bull and keeps the calves until they are yearlings.
- Bull calves from dairy herds are usually castrated, becoming steers, and sent to feedlots, where they are fattened for slaughter, usually before the age of 2.
- Calves need to be branded for the purposes of identification.
- A local publication, The Evening Bulletin said, ‘The reporter had been horrified to see two fatted calves strolling up main street!’
- The devotees were also treated for their excruciating pain in their shoulders, neck, back, thighs, knees, calves, ankle and foot.
- Milk in cheese production is curdled using chymosin - an enzyme present in rennet, found in calves' stomachs.
- Trackways found this year in South Korea show the marks of scores of tiny, milling brontosaurs, the size of calves. New Theories And Old Bones Reveal The Lifestyle Of The Dinosaur
- Local business owner, family man, four kids in Calvert County public schools. Gerald W. 'Jerry' Clark (R)*
- However, the reps go up dramatically for endurance-oriented muscles such as calves and abs.
- However, in some tropical and subtropical areas, some species are responsible for severe enteritis in calves.