Hypertext Webster Gateway: "calve"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Calve \Calve\, v. i. (Phys. Geog.)
To throw off fragments which become icebergs; -- said of a
glacier.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Calve \Calve\ (k[aum]v), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Calved} 3; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Calving}.] [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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
calve
v 1: release ice; of icebergs or glaciers [syn: {break up}]
2: birth; of certain mammals [syn: {have young}]
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