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Detailed Synonyms for calve in English

calve:

to calve verbe (calves, calved, calving)

  1. to calve
    to give birth; to bring a child into the world; to bring forth; to litter; to calve; bred; to give birth to
    • give birth verbe (gives birth, gave birth, giving birth)
    • bring a child into the world verbe (brings a child into the world, brought a child into the world, bringing a child into the world)
    • bring forth verbe (brings forth, brought forth, bringing forth)
    • litter verbe (litters, littered, littering)
    • calve verbe (calves, calved, calving)
    • bred verbe
    • give birth to verbe (gives birth to, gave birth to, giving birth to)
  2. to calve
    to calve
    • calve verbe (calves, calved, calving)
  3. to calve
    – birth 1
    to calve; have young
    – birth 1
    • calve verbe (calves, calved, calving)
      • the whales calve at this time of year1
    • have young verbe
  4. to calve
    – release ice 1
    to break up; to calve
    – release ice 1
    • break up verbe (breaks up, broke up, breaking up)
    • calve verbe (calves, calved, calving)
      • The icebergs and glaciers calve1

Conjugations for calve:

present
  1. calve
  2. calve
  3. calves
  4. calve
  5. calve
  6. calve
simple past
  1. calved
  2. calved
  3. calved
  4. calved
  5. calved
  6. calved
present perfect
  1. have calved
  2. have calved
  3. has calved
  4. have calved
  5. have calved
  6. have calved
past continuous
  1. was calving
  2. were calving
  3. was calving
  4. were calving
  5. were calving
  6. were calving
future
  1. shall calve
  2. will calve
  3. will calve
  4. shall calve
  5. will calve
  6. will calve
continuous present
  1. am calving
  2. are calving
  3. is calving
  4. are calving
  5. are calving
  6. are calving
subjunctive
  1. be calved
  2. be calved
  3. be calved
  4. be calved
  5. be calved
  6. be calved
diverse
  1. calve!
  2. let's calve!
  3. calved
  4. calving
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

Related Words for "calve":

  • calving

Alternate Synonyms for "calve":


Related Definitions for "calve":

  1. birth1
    • the whales calve at this time of year1
  2. release ice1
    • The icebergs and glaciers calve1