ALL meanings of calves
calves
C c - abbreviation CALVES calf1 3
- abbreviation CALVES calf2 3
- noun calves Plural form of calf. 1
- noun calves plural of calf2 . 1
- noun plural calves the young of the domestic cow or other bovine animal. 1
- noun plural calves the young of certain other mammals, as the elephant, seal, and whale. 1
- noun plural calves calfskin leather. 1
- noun plural calves Informal. an awkward, silly boy or man. 1
- noun plural calves a mass of ice detached from a glacier, iceberg, or floe. 1
- noun plural calves the fleshy part of the back of the human leg below the knee. 1
- idioms calves in calf, (of a cow or other animal having calves) pregnant. 1
- idioms calves kill the fatted calf, to prepare an elaborate feast in welcome or celebration. 1
- verb without object calves to give birth to a calf: The cow is expected to calve tomorrow. 1
- verb without object calves (of a glacier, an iceberg, etc.) to break up or splinter so as to produce a detached piece. 1
- verb with object calves to give birth to (a calf). 1
- verb with object calves (of a glacier, an iceberg, etc.) to break off or detach (a piece): The glacier calved an iceberg. 1
- noun calves plural of calf. 0
- verb calves third-person singular simple present indicative form of calve. 0