Definitions from Wiktionary (calve)
▸ verb: (intransitive) To give birth to a calf.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To assist in a cow’s giving birth to a calf.
▸ verb: (transitive) To give birth to (a calf).
▸ verb: (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).
▸ verb: (intransitive, figuratively, especially of an iceberg) To break off.
▸ verb: (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).
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▸ verb: (intransitive) To give birth to a calf.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To assist in a cow’s giving birth to a calf.
▸ verb: (transitive) To give birth to (a calf).
▸ verb: (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).
▸ verb: (intransitive, figuratively, especially of an iceberg) To break off.
▸ verb: (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).
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