"calves" meaning in English

See calves in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kævz/ [General-American], /kɑːvz/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-calves.wav [US]
Rhymes: -ævz, -ɑːvz Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} calves
  1. plural of calf Tags: form-of, plural Form of: calf
    Sense id: en-calves-en-noun-VjWQ5c7h Categories (other): English plurals in -ves with singular in -f or -fe

Verb

IPA: /kævz/ [General-American], /kɑːvz/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-calves.wav [US]
Rhymes: -ævz, -ɑːvz Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} calves
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of calve Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: calve
    Sense id: en-calves-en-verb-da~irPn1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -es Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 13 4 80 2 2 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -es: 7 3 87 1 1

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