Meaning

2 senses
  1. (obsolete, transitive)To cut into slices and pickle.

  2. (intransitive, obsolete)To bear, or be susceptible of, being calvered.

Origin

As the adjective predates the verb, possibly from Middle English calver (“interspersed wit

As the adjective predates the verb, possibly from Middle English calver (“interspersed with flakes”), from Old English calwer. Cognate with Scots caller.

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Forms

calvers, calvering, calvered, calvered
Base formcalver · to calver
3rd person singularcalvers
Present participlecalvering
Past simplecalvered
Past participlecalvered

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycalver
he, she, itcalvers

Past simpleLesson

all personscalvered

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave calvered
he, she, ithas calvered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill calver

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
calver — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto