calved
past simple and past participle ofcalve
单词 | calved |
释义 | calved past simple and past participle ofcalve calve verb[I] uk/kɑːv/us/kæv/When acowcalves, it givesbirthto acalf(= ayoungcow): Fourcowscalvedovernight. Animal reproduction
Examplesofcalvedcalved In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. That would create a difference between a farm where the heifers had notcalvedand a farm where they hadcalved. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Immature animals— those which have notcalved—and flocks must be included. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If a farmer keeps a heifer calf to breed from, he gets no subsidy for two years, and none in the third year until the heifer hascalved. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This glacier retreat exposed a rapidly expanding lagoon that is filled with icebergscalvedfrom its front. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. By 1948 the adjacent fjord had filled in, and the glacier no longercalvedand was able to continue its advance. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They slowly cut north, yard by yard, through the increasingly violent pack ice, as larger ice bergs drifted in andcalvedstill more loose ice. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. As recently as the mid-1980s the glacier was a tidewater glacier andcalvedicebergs from a wall of ice 60 m (200 feet) tall. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In 1766 another expedition noticed that the glacier did reach the lagoon and hadcalvedinto icebergs. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In 1766, another expedition noticed that the glacier did reach the lagoon andcalvedinto large icebergs. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The glacier flows at a rate of 20-35 m per day, resulting in around 20 billion tonnes of icebergscalvedoff and passing out of the fjord every year. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Pobeda disappeared sometime in the 1970s, to be replaced by a new berg thatcalvedin 1985. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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