Calve
[kɑːv] or [kæv]
Definition
(verb.) birth; 'the whales calve at this time of year'.
(verb.) release ice; 'The icebergs and glaciers calve'.
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Definition
(v. i.) To bring forth a calf.
(v. i.) To bring forth young; to produce offspring.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of calves peacefully grazing on a velvety lawn, foretells to the young, happy, festive gatherings and enjoyment. Those engaged in seeking wealth will see it rapidly increasing. See Cattle.
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Examples
- He bent down so low to frown at his boots, that he was able to rub the calves of his legs in the pause he made. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- He bites footmen's calves. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- That of calves skins, on the contrary, is greatly below it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Parchment manufactured from the skins of young calves, kids, lambs, sheep, and goats, was an early rival of papyrus, and was known and used in Europe before papyrus was there introduced. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- There are perhaps some little calves, some little new-yeaned lambs--it may be twins, whose mothers have rejected them. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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