Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to calve
Participle: calved
Gerund: calving
Indicative
Present
| I | calve |
| you | calve |
| he;she;it | calves |
| we | calve |
| you | calve |
| they | calve |
Perfect
| I | have calved |
| you | have calved |
| he;she;it | has calved |
| we | have calved |
| you | have calved |
| they | have calved |
Past
| I | calved |
| you | calved |
| he;she;it | calved |
| we | calved |
| you | calved |
| they | calved |
Pluperfect
| I | had calved |
| you | had calved |
| he;she;it | had calved |
| we | had calved |
| you | had calved |
| they | had calved |
Future
| I | will calve |
| you | will calve |
| he;she;it | will calve |
| we | will calve |
| you | will calve |
| they | will calve |
Future Perfect
| I | will have calved |
| you | will have calved |
| he;she;it | will have calved |
| we | will have calved |
| you | will have calved |
| they | will have calved |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | calve |
| you | calve |
| he;she;it | calve |
| we | calve |
| you | calve |
| they | calve |
Perfect
| I | have calved |
| you | have calved |
| he;she;it | have calved |
| we | have calved |
| you | have calved |
| they | have calved |
Imperfect
| I | calved |
| you | calved |
| he;she;it | calved |
| we | calved |
| you | calved |
| they | calved |
Pluperfect
| I | had calved |
| you | had calved |
| he;she;it | had calved |
| we | had calved |
| you | had calved |
| they | had calved |
Conditional
Present
| I | would calve |
| you | would calve |
| he;she;it | would calve |
| we | would calve |
| you | would calve |
| they | would calve |
Perfect
| I | would have calved |
| you | would have calved |
| he;she;it | would have calved |
| we | would have calved |
| you | would have calved |
| they | would have calved |
Imperative
| you | calve |
| we | Let's calve |
| you | calve |
Verbs conjugated like 'calve'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'calve'
calver,
carve,
cave,
halve,
salve,
valve,
bale,
cable,
cache,
cade,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English calven, from Old English *calfian, cealfian, from Proto-West Germanic *kalbōn, from Proto-Germanic *kalbōną (“to calve”), from *kalbaz (“calf”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian koolvje, Dutch kalven, German Low German kalven, German kalben, Swedish kalva, Icelandic kálfa. See: Proto-Germanic '
*kalbōną', Frisian, Saterlandic 'koolvje', Dutch '
kalven', German, old spelling '
kalben', Swedish '
kalva', Icelandic '
kálfa'.
Sample Sentences
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The farmer could tell Bessie was about to calve.
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The farmer calved Bessie for almost two hours.
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The glacier was starting to calve even as we watched.
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The sea was dangerous because of icebergs calving off the nearby glacier.
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The glacier was starting to calve an iceberg even as we watched.