noun Download 🔗Share A young cow or bull. Examples : "The farmer carefully watched the calves playing in the pasture. " animal agriculture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-coloured leather used in bookbinding. Examples : "The bookbinder used high-quality calves for the cover of the rare edition. " material industry Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A young deer, elephant, seal, whale or giraffe (also used of some other animals). Examples : "The zookeeper carefully observed the playful calves of the elephants. " animal nature biology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A chunk of ice broken from a larger glacier, ice shelf, or iceberg. Examples : "The hikers saw several calves breaking off the glacier, floating downstream. " environment geology nature geography ocean Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A small island, near a larger island. Examples : "the Calf of Man" geography place environment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A cabless railroad engine. Examples : "The museum displayed a vintage steam calves, a type of cabless railroad engine. " technical machine vehicle industry Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt. Examples : ""Don't let the other kids trick you; they sometimes treat the new boy like one of the calves because he's shy and unsure of himself." " person character human Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The back of the leg below the knee. Examples : "The dancer stretched her calves before the performance. " body anatomy part Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The muscle in the back of the leg below the knee. Examples : "After running the marathon, Maria felt a sharp pain in her calves. " anatomy body physiology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To give birth to a calf Examples : "The cow calved a healthy calf this morning. " animal agriculture biology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To assist in a cow's giving birth to a calf Examples : "The experienced farmer was needed to calve the cow that was having trouble delivering her calf. " agriculture animal biology aid Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To give birth to (a calf) Examples : "The cow calved a healthy calf this morning. " animal biology agriculture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (especially of an ice shelf, a glacier, an ice sheet, or even an iceberg) to shed a large piece, e.g. an iceberg or a smaller block of ice (coming off an iceberg) Examples : "The glacier was starting to calve even as we watched." environment geology nature world ocean Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (especially of an iceberg) to break off Examples : "The sea was dangerous because of icebergs calving off the nearby glacier." nature geology environment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (especially of an ice shelf, a glacier, an ice sheet, or even an iceberg) 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) Examples : "The glacier was starting to calve an iceberg even as we watched." environment geology nature world ocean Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading