Halved vs Calved - What's the difference?
halved | calved |
(halve)
To reduce to half the original amount.
To divide into two halves.
To make up half of.
* M. Arnold
(architecture) To join two pieces of timber etc. by cutting away each for half its thickness at the joining place, and fitting together.
(calve)
To give birth to a calf.
To assist the giving of birth of a calf.
To break off or shed a large piece.
As verbs the difference between halved and calved
is that halved is (halve) while calved is (calve).halved
English
Verb
(head)halve
English
Verb
(halv)- So far apart their lives are thrown / From the twin soul that halves their own.
Anagrams
* English ergative verbs ----calved
English
Verb
(head)calve
English
Verb
(calv)- The glacier was starting to calve even as we watched.
- The sea was dangerous because of icebergs calving off the nearby glacier.