CALVED Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

calved

verb

past tense of calve

as in whelped

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Naturally, Kelly gets kidded about that as well.

— Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 June 2026
When Curt Cignetti was hired just more than two years ago, it was considered a smart move by the athletic department, but no one kidded themselves that Indiana was some sort of raucous fan sleeper cell just waiting to be activated.

— Will Leitch, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026

Definition of kidded

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Somebody fell out of love — a complaint sired this inspection.

— David J. Neal July 31, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
Gun Runner’s stable still has the brass nameplate of its former occupant, legendary 1977 Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew, who also sired an impressive line of runners.

— Graham Cornwell, New York Times, 19 June 2026

Definition of sired

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As the current Cartoonist Laureate of the state, she has been highly engaged in Vermont culture and history, and says her interest in this couple was kindled by Christopher Kaufman Ilstrup, director of Vermont Humanities, who encouraged her to tell their story.

— Rob Salkowitz, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
The faith of these settlers kindled a fervent Protestant piety, found in the Great Revival of the Ohio Valley frontier.

— Matthew Smith, The Conversation, 8 June 2026

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His predecessor, Gino, fathered 14 offspring across multiple states over his lifetime, according to Disney.

— Eve Chen, USA Today, 30 July 2026
Before he was arrested and convicted in connection with the 1969 murders of Sharon Tate, Jay Sebring, Abigail Folger, Wojciech Frykowski, Steven Parent, and Leno and Rosemary LaBianca, Manson fathered four sons with four different women.

— Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026

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In early 2025, Y Combinator reported that for a quarter of its Winter 2025 batch, roughly 95% of the codebase was AI-generated, notable for highly technical founders who would have written the software themselves a year earlier.

— Michael Wee, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Industrial companies and technology firms have already secured rights to the electricity generated at the site.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 2 Aug. 2026

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Even the same people who bred Flaco for captivity stumble through answers about why keeping wild animals in confinement is, somehow, the right choice for them.

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 30 July 2026
Chief was bred and adopted in North Carolina, but was later found at a shelter.

— Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 30 July 2026

Definition of bred

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Lestat begat his first love, Nicolas de Lenfent, as well as Louis, Claudia, and another lover, Antoinette.

— Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 7 June 2026
After the unremarkable Chip Kelly recruiting era, which begat a slight bump under DeShaun Foster, what first-year coach Bob Chesney has done, before coaching a game, has been downright remarkable.

— Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 9 May 2026

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