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Definition of calve verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

calve

verb

NAmE//kæv//

[intransitive]Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they calve

he / she / it calves

past simple calved

-ing form calving

(of a cow) to give birth to a calf

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