calve vs pup what difference

what is difference between calve and pup

English

Etymology

From Old English cealfian, from cealf (“calf”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɑːv/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kæv/
• Rhymes: -ɑːv, -æv
• Homophone: carve (some nonrhotic accents, e.g. RP)

Verb

calve (third-person singular simple present calves, present participle calving, simple past and past participle calved)

1. (intransitive) to give birth to a calf
2. (intransitive) to assist in a cow’s giving birth to a calf
3. (transitive) to give birth to (a calf)
4. (intransitive, figuratively, especially of an ice shelf, a glacier, an ice sheet, or even an iceberg) to shed a large piece, e.g. an iceberg or a smaller block of ice (coming off an iceberg)

5. (intransitive, figuratively, especially of an iceberg) to break off

6. (transitive, figuratively, especially of an ice shelf, a glacier, an ice sheet, or even an iceberg) to shed (a large piece, e.g. an iceberg); to set loose (a mass of ice), e.g. a block of ice (coming off an iceberg)

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• clave

Italian

Adjective

calve

1. feminine plural of calvo

Noun

calve f

1. plural of calva

Anagrams

• clave

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.u̯e/, [ˈkälu̯ɛ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.ve/, [ˈkɑlvɛ]

Adjective

calve

1. vocative masculine singular of calvus

English

Etymology

From a shortening of puppy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʌp/
• Rhymes: -ʌp

Noun

pup (plural pups)

1. A young dog, wolf, fox, seal, bat or shark, or the young of certain other animals.

   The dog has had that bed since he was just a pup.

2. A young, inexperienced person.

   The new teacher is a mere pup.

3. Any cute dog, regardless of age.

   My pup likes to run as fast as he can, yet cannot always stop in time!

4. A short semi-trailer used jointly with a dolly and another semi-trailer to create a twin trailer.
5. (horticulture) A new plant growing from a shoot that can be used for propagation.
6. (film, television) A kind of small spotlight.
   • 1976, A. Arthur Englander, ‎Paul Petzold, Filming for Television (page 191)

     For a scene like the Highgate exhumation night sequence suitable equipment would consist of: two brutes on Molevators, three 10 K lights also on Molevators and, for good measure, two 5 Ks, four 2 Ks, two pups (1000 W), two North lights […]

   • 2003, Christopher Neame, Rungs on a Ladder: Hammer Films Seen Through a Soft Gauze (page 23)

     Spots were also used for the foreground, usually the smaller type like a “pup,” which could be repositioned quickly for different setups.

Translations

Verb

pup (third-person singular simple present pups, present participle pupping, simple past and past participle pupped)

1. (intransitive) To give birth to pups.

Translations

See also

• puppy
• pup tent
• sell someone a pup

Anagrams

• PPU, Upp

Amanab

Noun

pup

1. broom

Aromanian

Noun

pup m (plural pupi, feminine equivalent pupã)

1. baby, infant

Derived terms

• pupul

Romanian

Etymology 1

Regressively derived from the verb pupa.

Noun

pup m (plural pupi)

1. (informal, familiar, childish) kiss

Synonyms

• sărut

Derived terms

• pupic

Etymology 2

Uncertain; possibly an expressive formation (variant of pop; cf. also coc), or a substratum term (compare Albanian pupë (“bud”)), or less likely linked to (Vulgar) Latin puppa (“teat, nipple”). More likely ultimately from Proto-Slavic *pǫpъ (compare Serbo-Croatian pup (“bud”)) or Hungarian pup, although this would only explain one of the senses.

Noun

pup m (plural pupi)

(regional, uncommon)

1. bud
2. something rounded or mound-like; hump, hunch; mound
3. morel (mushroom)
4. freckle; mole; birthmark

Synonyms

• (bud): mugur
• (hump, mound): gheb
• (morel): zbârciog
• (freckle; mole): pistrui; aluniță

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pǫpъ (Russian пуп (pup), Polish pęp).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pûp/

Noun

pȕp m (Cyrillic spelling пу̏п)

1. bud, burgeon

Declension

References

• “pup” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Volapük

Noun

pup

1. doll, puppet

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