Calve /(käv)/

Calve

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Calved; p. pr. & vb. n. Calving

  1. To bring forth a calf.
  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.
  3. To throw off fragments which become icebergs; -- said of a glacier. (Phys. Geog.)