# calves

Pronunciation: US say "KAVZ" /kævz/; UK say "KAHVZ" /kɑːvz/

## Noun

1. Plural of calf. — plural of calf
   - Simple: Plural of calf. Use this when you mean more than one calf.
   - _Two newborn calves stayed close to their mothers in the pasture._
   - _The runner stretched her calves carefully before the race began._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present of calve. — third-person singular simple present indicative of calve
   - Simple: Third-person singular present of calve. Use it with he, she, it, or any singular noun.
   - _Every spring the oldest cow in the herd calves before the others._
   - _The ice shelf calves icebergs that drift north for months._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/calves (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).