calve

Verb

Verb Forms: calved, calving, calves

To give birth to a calf, typically by a cow.
release ice
- "The icebergs and glaciers calve"
birth
- "the whales calve at this time of year"
To give birth to a calf.
To assist in a cow’s giving birth to a calf.
To give birth to (a calf).
To shed a large piece, e.g. an iceberg or a smaller block of ice (coming off an iceberg).
To break off.
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).

Examples

The farmer calved Bessie for almost two hours.
The farmer could tell Bessie was about to calve.
The glacier was starting to calve an iceberg even as we watched.
The glacier was starting to calve even as we watched.
The new word CALVE might just calve a whole new strategy for this game.
The sea was dangerous because of icebergs calving off the nearby glacier.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English calven, from Old English *calfian, cealfian, from Proto-West Germanic *kalbōn, from Proto-Germanic *kalbōną (“to calve”), from *kalbaz (“calf”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian koolvje, Dutch kalven, German Low German kalven, German kalben, Swedish kalva, Icelandic kálfa.

Synonyms

break up, have young

Scrabble Score: 10

calve: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
calve: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
calve: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

calve: valid Words With Friends Word