calve
verb (used without object)
to give birth to a calf.
had calved
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past perfectof calve.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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“I would say over the last four or five years there’s been a lot of people move from February to March. Some that had calved in March for years even moved to April.”
From Washington Times ● Mar. 20, 2021
When he was very nearly home he again thought of the cow that was with calf, so he laid down the money, ran home, and asked his wife whether the cow had calved yet.
From The Pink Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
She had calved during the night--a little red beast like a dog.
From The Personal Life of David Livingstone by William Garden Blaikie
I saw her two days after she had calved, at which time she was ruminating, and did not manifest any unusual symptoms of exhaustion.
From Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure by Robert Jennings
And now pretty Silverhorns had calved, the sheep had lambs, the goats had kids, the young stock fairly swarmed about the place.
From Growth of the Soil by Knut Hamsun
