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発音

• (England, Wales) IPA: /kɑːv/
• (General American) IPA: /kæv/
• (Scotland) IPA: /kav/
• 韻: -ɑːv, -æv
• Homophone: carve (some non-rhotic accents, e.g. Received Pronunciation)

動詞

calve (third-person singular simple present calves, present participle calving, simple past and past participle calved)

1. (intransitive) To give birth to a calf.

   The farmer could tell Bessie was about to calve.

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

   The farmer calved Bessie for almost two hours.

3. (transitive) To give birth to (a calf).
4. (intransitive, figuratively, especially of an ice shelf, a glacier, an ice sheet, or iceberg) To shed a large piece.

   The glacier was starting to calve even as we watched.

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

   The sea was dangerous because of icebergs calving off the nearby glacier.

6. (transitive, figuratively, especially of an ice shelf, a glacier, an ice sheet, or iceberg) To shed (a large piece); to set loose (a mass of ice).

   The glacier was starting to calve an iceberg even as we watched.

派生語

関連する語

アナグラム

• clave

形容詞

calve

1. vocative masculine singular of calvus