Home › Words › C › calvercalver/ˈkɑːvə/calver means A village and civil parish of Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK240745).calver is pronounced /ˈkɑːvə/.EtymologyFrom Old English calf (“calf”) + ōfer (“slope, ridge”).nameA village and civil parish of Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK240745).A habitational surname from Old English.nounA cow that produces young.adjOf salmon: freshly caught.e.g.“calver salmon”verbTo cut into slices and pickle.e.g.“My foot-boy shall eat pheasants, calvered salmons, / Knots, godwits, lampreys: I myself will have / The beards of barbels, served instead of salads […]” — 1610 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, The Alchemist, London: […] Thomas Snodham, for Walter Burre, and are to be sold by Iohn Stepneth, […], published 1612, →OCLC, (please specify the Internet To bear, or be susceptible of, being calvered.e.g.“[A Grayling's] flesh will so easily calver that […][it] is very good meat at all times.” — 1676, Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton, The Compleat Angler:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.calve 76% match — To give birth to a calf. vs calver →cow 71% match — An adult female of the species Bos taurus, especially one that has calved. vs calver →calving 70% match — The act of giving birth to a calf vs calver →calf 70% match — A young cow or bull of any bovid, such as domestic cattle or buffalo. vs calver →heifer 69% match — A young female cow, (particularly) one over one year old but which has not calved. vs calver →calfy 67% match — Resembling or characteristic of a calf (young cow). vs calver →cowlet 67% match — A young or little cow; a female calf. vs calver →cowling 66% match — A young or little cow; calf. vs calver →