calves

Plural: calf, calves

Noun

• Young bovine animals, or the fleshy back part of the human leg.
• The plural of calf, referring to young bovine or a lower leg muscle.
• young of domestic cattle
• the muscular back part of the shank
• fine leather from the skin of a calf
• young of various large placental mammals e.g. whale or giraffe or elephant or buffalo
• plural of calf

Verb

• release ice
• birth
• third-person singular simple present indicative of calve

Examples

• He scored high using CALVES, cleverly pluralizing an existing ’CALF’ on the board.
• The Scrabble player confidently placed CALVES on the board, securing a bonus for a difficult plural.

Synonyms

break up, calf, calfskin, calve, have young, sura