Synonyms for calves
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kavz, kahvz |
| Phonetic Transcription : kævz, kɑvz |
Définition of calves
Origin :- fleshy part of the lower leg, early 14c., from Old Norse kalfi, source unknown; possibly from the same Germanic root as calf (n.1).
- noun leg between knee and ankle
- noun baby cow
- Also the calves bleating and the lambs callin' on their dams.
- Extract from : « Samantha Among the Brethren, Part 1. » by Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley)
- And none but calves the most immature can possibly sympathize with him.
- Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862 » by Various
- They had six horses, three cows, two calves, and some twenty sheep.
- Extract from : « Master and Man » by Leo Tolstoy
- They not only milk these cows, but they tenderly raise their calves.
- Extract from : « Harper's Young People, October 19, 1880 » by Various
- I met him in the front yard where we keep the calves and let the sheep run.
- Extract from : « Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight » by Mathew Joseph Holt
- Middling fair ewer, good quarter, five calves—is it five, Csar?
- Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
- The cows are all Breeders, and will have calves by their sides, or be safe in calf.
- Extract from : « Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 4, January 26, 1884 » by Various
- The paths in the woods were covered with the dead bodies of kine, calves and sheep.
- Extract from : « England and Germany » by Emile Joseph Dillon
- We shall have quite a herd of cattle; eight calves and eight cows.
- Extract from : « The Settlers in Canada » by Frederick Marryat
- He has no blood of goats and calves to present, like the priests on earth.
- Extract from : « Messages from the Epistle to the Hebrews » by Handley C.G. Moule
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