Definition of Calve

Pronunciation: käv
v. i.1.To bring forth a calf.
[imp. & p. p. Calved 3; p. pr. & vb. n. Calving.]
2.To bring forth young; to produce offspring.
Canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
- Job xxxix. 1.
3.(Phys. Geog.) To throw off fragments which become icebergs; - said of a glacier.


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break up, divide, part, separate


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