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Verb
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calves, plural;
  1. (of cows and certain other large animals) Give birth to a calf

  2. (of a person) Help (a cow) give birth to a calf

  3. (of an iceberg or glacier) Split and shed (a smaller mass of ice)

  4. (of a mass of ice) Split off from an iceberg or glacier

Noun
  1. The fleshy part at the back of a person's leg below the knee

  1. (calf) young of domestic cattle
  2. (calf) the muscular back part of the shank
  3. (calf) fine leather from the skin of a calf
  4. (calf) young of various large placental mammals e.g. whale or giraffe or elephant or buffalo
  5. (calve) release ice; "The icebergs and glaciers calve"
  6. (calve) birth; "the whales calve at this time of year"
  7. Calves is a Portuguese hamlet and street located in the parishes of Beiriz and Argivai in the municipality of Póvoa de Varzim, part of it is included in the city despite its built-up continuity as part of Gândara district in Argivai, it is divided by the A28 Motorway - the inland border of the ...
  8. (Calf (of leg)) In human anatomy the calf (also calf of the leg) is the back portion of the lower leg (the crus). In terms of muscle systems, the calf corresponds to the posterior compartment of the leg. ...
  9. (The Calf) The Calf, at 676 m, is the highest top in the Howgill Fells, an area of high ground in the north-west of the Yorkshire Dales in the county of Cumbria. ...
  10. (calf) A young cow or bull; A young elephant, seal or whale (also used of some other animals); A chunk of ice broken off of a larger glacier, ice shelf, or iceberg; A small island, near a larger island; A cabless railroad engine
  11. (calve) To give birth; To assist the giving of birth of a calf; Especially of an iceberg, glacier, etc. to break off or shed a large piece
  12. (Calf) a baby bovine, whether a bull calf or a heifer calf.
  13. (Calf) a young bovine that is not yet sexually mature (can be either a male or female).
  14. a calf is another name for a baby elephant.
  15. (CALF) One of the most popular representations of the deity among the Chanaanites. The calf is, in Biblical poetry, a figure for vexing and pitiless foes [Ps., xxi (Hebr., xxii), 13]. The fatted calf was a necessary feature, so to say, of a feast dinner.
  16. (CALF) A CICS-supplied transaction (Convert And Load File) that uses function shipping to convert one file format to another. For example it can be used to transfer VSAM files to SFS files.
  17. (CALF) Rev. 4:7 likens one of the four "living ones" to a calf or bullock. This animal was used to provide power in yesteryear. Hence, it would identify this attribute of God as being power.
  18. (Calf) A sexually immature young cow.
  19. (Calf) A smooth high quality type of leather used for binding
  20. (Calf) A young heifer (female cattle) or bull (male cattle).
  21. (Calf) Baby cetacean that is still being nursed by its mother.
  22. (Calf) Calfskin with a smooth finished used in binding
  23. (Calf) Leather made from a young bovine, a delicate leather
  24. (Calf) Scramble: At each Rodeo performance, there's a group of competitors who don't have to check their riggings, tighten their chaps or don gloves to gear up for some heated rodeo competition. This event is for the up and coming cowboys and cowgirls. ...
  25. (Calf) The newborn or infant offspring of cetaceans or sirenians.