calves
Pronunciation:
/kɑːvz//kævz/noun
Definitions
A young cow or bull.
Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-coloured leather used in bookbinding.
A young deer, elephant, seal, whale or giraffe (also used of some other animals).
A chunk of ice broken from a larger glacier, ice shelf, or iceberg.
noun
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The back of the leg below the knee.
The muscle in the back of the leg below the knee.
verb
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To give birth to a calf
To assist in a cow's giving birth to a calf
To give birth to (a calf)
(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)
Example: The glacier was starting to calve even as we watched.