CALVE

calve, have young

(verb) give birth to (a calf); “the whales calve at this time of year”

calve, break up

(verb) release ice; “The icebergs and glaciers calve”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

calve (third-person singular simple present calves, present participle calving, simple past and past participle calved)

(intransitive) to give birth to a calf

(intransitive) to assist in a cow's giving birth to a calf

(transitive) to give birth to (a calf)

(intransitive, figuratively, especially of an ice shelf, a glacier, an ice sheet, or even an iceberg) to shed a large piece, e.g. an iceberg or a smaller block of ice (coming off an iceberg)

(intransitive, figuratively, especially of an iceberg) to break off

(transitive, figuratively, especially of an ice shelf, a glacier, an ice sheet, or even an iceberg) to shed (a large piece, e.g. an iceberg); to set loose (a mass of ice), e.g. a block of ice (coming off an iceberg)

Anagrams

• clave

Source: Wiktionary

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Calve, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Calved 3; p. pr. & vb. n. Calving.] Etym: [AS. cealfian. See Calf.]

1. To bring forth a calf. "Their cow calveth." Job xxi. 10.

2. To bring forth young; to produce offspring. Canst thou mark when the hinds do calve Job xxxix. 1. The grassy clods now calved. Molton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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