HAVE YOUNG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does have young mean? 

• HAVE YOUNG (verb)
  The verb HAVE YOUNG has 1 sense:

1. give birth to (a calf)

  Familiarity information: HAVE YOUNG used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HAVE YOUNG (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Give birth to (a calf)

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

calve; have young

Context example:

the whales calve at this time of year

Hypernyms (to "have young" is one way to...):

bear; birth; deliver; give birth; have (cause to be born)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

 Context examples 

Edricson, quoth Sir Nigel, you have young eyes, and mine are somewhat bedimmed.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"I would rather have young people settle on a small income at once, and have to struggle with a few difficulties together, than be involved in a long engagement. I always think that no mutual—"

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)