calves

¹

[kavz, kahvz]

noun

1. plural of calf.

calves

²

[kavz, kahvz]

noun

1. plural of calf.

calves

/ kɑːvz /

noun

1. the plural of calf 1 calf 2

Example Sentences

One is a long-term decline in the size of the U.S. cattle herd, which has fallen to about 87.2 million head of cattle and calves, its lowest level since 1951.

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“When I assisted at the births of calves and lambs back at the Swanburne Academy, Dr. Westminster always said we should keep calm and trust nature to take its course.”

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Several new calves had been born, and a dispute involving the ownership of a plow had been peaceably resolved, once both parties realized that plowsharing would grow more crops than fighting ever could.

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Testing the Vomero Premium sometimes left them with sore calves, he said, because the shoe’s stack height was too high initially.

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When my hips, quads, back, knees, calves, ankles and feet started to howl in intense pain, I felt a bit like a failure.

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Related Words

• herd 
• oxen