Calf vs. Calve

Calfnoun

A young cow or bull.

Calfnoun

Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-coloured leather used in bookbinding.

Calfnoun

A young elephant, seal or whale also used of some other animals.

Calfnoun

A chunk of ice broken from a larger glacier, ice shelf, or iceberg.

Calfnoun

A small island, near a larger island.

Calfnoun

A cabless railroad engine.

Calfnoun

An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt.

Calfnoun

(anatomy) The back of the leg below the knee.

Calfnoun

The muscle in the back of the leg below the knee.

Calfnoun

The young of the cow, or of the Bovine family of quadrupeds. Also, the young of some other mammals, as of the elephant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, and whale.

Calfnoun

Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-colored leather used in bookbinding; as, to bind books in calf.

Calfnoun

An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt.

Calfnoun

A small island near a larger; as, the Calf of Man.

Calfnoun

A small mass of ice set free from the submerged part of a glacier or berg, and rising to the surface.

Calfnoun

The fleshy hinder part of the leg below the knee.

Calfnoun

young of domestic cattle

Calfnoun

the muscular back part of the shank

Calfnoun

fine leather from the skin of a calf

Calfnoun

young of various large placental mammals e.g. whale or giraffe or elephant or buffalo

Calf

A calf (plural calves) is a young domestic cow or bull. Calves are reared to become adult cattle or are slaughtered for their meat, called veal, and hide.

Calveverb

(intransitive) To give birth to a calf.

Calveverb

(intransitive) To assist the giving of birth of a calf.

Calveverb

(transitive) To give birth to (a calf).

Calveverb

To shed a large piece, e.g. an iceberg or a smaller block of ice (coming off an iceberg).

Calveverb

To break off.

Calveverb

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).

Calveverb

To bring forth a calf.

Calveverb

To bring forth young; to produce offspring.

Calveverb

To throw off fragments which become icebergs; - said of a glacier.

Calveverb

release ice;

Calveverb

birth;