slovo | definícia |
calve (encz) | calve,otelit se Jiří Šmoldas |
calve (encz) | calve,tele n: Jirka Daněk |
Calve (gcide) | Calve \Calve\ (k[aum]v), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Calved 3; p. pr.
& vb. n. Calving.] [AS. cealfian. See Calf.]
1. To bring forth a calf. "Their cow calveth." --Job xxi. 10.
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2. To bring forth young; to produce offspring.
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Canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? --Job
xxxix. 1.
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The grassy clods now calved. --Molton.
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3. (Phys. Geog.) To throw off fragments which become
icebergs; -- said of a glacier.
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calve (wn) | calve
v 1: release ice; "The icebergs and glaciers calve" [syn:
calve, break up]
2: birth; "the whales calve at this time of year" [syn: calve,
have young] |
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calvert (encz) | Calvert,Calvert n: [jmén.] příjmení, okres v USA Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
calves (encz) | calves,telata |
calvert (czen) | Calvert,Calvertn: [jmén.] příjmení, okres v USA Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
Calve (gcide) | Calve \Calve\ (k[aum]v), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Calved 3; p. pr.
& vb. n. Calving.] [AS. cealfian. See Calf.]
1. To bring forth a calf. "Their cow calveth." --Job xxi. 10.
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2. To bring forth young; to produce offspring.
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Canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? --Job
xxxix. 1.
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The grassy clods now calved. --Molton.
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3. (Phys. Geog.) To throw off fragments which become
icebergs; -- said of a glacier.
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Calved (gcide) | Calve \Calve\ (k[aum]v), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Calved 3; p. pr.
& vb. n. Calving.] [AS. cealfian. See Calf.]
1. To bring forth a calf. "Their cow calveth." --Job xxi. 10.
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2. To bring forth young; to produce offspring.
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Canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? --Job
xxxix. 1.
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The grassy clods now calved. --Molton.
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3. (Phys. Geog.) To throw off fragments which become
icebergs; -- said of a glacier.
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Calver (gcide) | Calver \Cal"ver\, v. i.
To bear, or be susceptible of, being calvered; as, grayling's
flesh will calver. --Catton.
[1913 Webster]Calver \Cal"ver\ (k[a^]l"v[~e]r), v. i.
1. To cut in slices and pickle, as salmon. [Obs.]
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For a change, leave calvered salmon and eat sprats.
--Massinger.
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2. To crimp; as, calvered salmon. --Nares.
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Calves (gcide) | Calf \Calf\, n.; pl. Calves. [OE. calf, kelf, AS. cealf; akin
to D. kalf, G. kalb, Icel. k[=a]lfr, Sw. kalf, Dan. kalv,
Goth. kalb[=o]; cf. Skr. garbha fetus, young, Gr. ?????, Skr
grabh to seize, conceive, Ir. colpa, colpach, a calf.
[root]222.]
1. The young of the cow, or of the Bovine family of
quadrupeds. Also, the young of some other mammals, as of
the elephant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, and whale.
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2. Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine,
light-colored leather used in bookbinding; as, to bind
books in calf.
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3. An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a
dolt. [Colloq.]
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Some silly, doting, brainless calf. --Drayton.
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4. A small island near a larger; as, the Calf of Man.
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5. A small mass of ice set free from the submerged part of a
glacier or berg, and rising to the surface. --Kane.
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6. [Cf. Icel. k[=a]lfi.] The fleshy hinder part of the leg
below the knee.
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Calf's-foot jelly, jelly made from the feet of calves. The
gelatinous matter of the feet is extracted by boiling, and
is flavored with sugar, essences, etc.
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Calvessnout (gcide) | Calvessnout \Calves"*snout\, n. (Bot.)
Snapdragon.
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calvert vaux (wn) | Calvert Vaux
n 1: United States landscape architect (born in England) who
designed Central Park (1824-1895) [syn: Vaux, {Calvert
Vaux}] |
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