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The plural of calf.

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calves

   /kævz, k?vz/ Show Spelled[kavz, kahvz] Show IPA

noun plural of calf.

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calf

1    /kæf, k?f/ Show Spelled[kaf, kahf] Show IPA

noun, plural calves  /kævz, k?vz/ Show Spelled[kavz, kahvz] Show IPA.1. the young of the domestic cow or other bovine animal.

2. the young of certain other mammals, as the elephant, seal, and whale.

3. calfskin leather.

4. Informal . an awkward, silly boy or man.

5. a mass of ice detached from a glacier, iceberg, or floe.

Idioms 6. in calf, (of a cow or other animal having calves) pregnant.

7. kill the fatted calf, to prepare an elaborate feast in welcome or celebration.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English cealf, calf; cognate with Old Saxon kalf, Old Norse kalfr, Old High German kalb

Related forms calf·less, adjective

calf·like, adjective

calve

   /kæv, k?v/ Show Spelled [kav, kahv] Show IPA verb, calved, calv·ing.

verb (used without object) 1. to give birth to a calf: The cow is expected to calve tomorrow.

2. (of a glacier, an iceberg, etc.) to break up or splinter so as to produce a detached piece.

verb (used with object) 3. to give birth to (a calf).

4. (of a glacier, an iceberg, etc.) to break off or detach (a piece): The glacier calved an iceberg.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English calven, Old English (Anglian) *calfian, derivative of calf calf1 ; cognate with Old English ( West Saxon ) cealfian

The back side of the leg, opposite the shin.