Used in a Sentence

calve

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for calve.

Editorial note

Leg calve perthes disease is named after doctors legg and calve.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(intransitive) To give birth to a calf.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of calve gathered in one view.

verb

(intransitive) To give birth to a calf.

verb

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

verb

(intransitive) To assist in a cow’s giving birth to a calf.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for calve.

verb

(intransitive) To assist in a cow’s giving birth to a calf.

verb

(intransitive, figuratively, especially of an iceberg) To break off.

Example sentences

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Leg calve perthes disease is named after doctors legg and calve.

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However, a healthy IBM would not have needed to calve off its entire Global Technology Services business.

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By introducing eBPF programmability, there's far more flexibility to calve off tasks, to pull them out of the kernel.

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They are already prepared to calve their internet, and basically shut off info propagation from inside it.

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Then again, the fact J&J can calve off legal liabilities like that seems extremely questionable.

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As a topic develops standards of evidence, it tends to calve off from philosophy.

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With about a 50% chance of this calve being raised for slaughter.

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Do they dispute that fruit only grows at certain times of year as do tubers or that animals are migratory and calve once a year?

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I have Legg Calve Perthes disease which affects my hip, and was recently laid off.

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I'll gladly calve off that part of me to be free and clear.

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MS should just calve off it's different divisions.

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I spent the next two weeks with calve muscles and ligaments so sore that I had trouble walking down any lightly sloping hills or escalators.

Quote examples

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For about 7000 kilos of milk "only" one cow has to live for a year, and birth one calve.

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When the "cows" "calve" each year, obviously some of the calves are male and some are female.

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So what is the "right" bit to calve off?

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A company can do a strategic "merge-and-release" whereby for a short period of time, a company can acquire another, help it scale, then calve off after a period.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use calve in a sentence?

Leg calve perthes disease is named after doctors legg and calve.

What does calve mean?

(intransitive) To give birth to a calf.

What part of speech is calve?

calve is commonly used as verb.