calve
/kæv/
verb
- To give birth to a calf (for a cow or other large mammal).
- The farmer stayed up all night to help the cow calve.
- The elk will calve in the spring when the weather warms up.
- Most dairy cows calve once a year.
- To break off a piece of ice from a glacier or iceberg.
- We watched the iceberg calve with a loud cracking sound.
- Large chunks of ice calve from the glacier every summer.
- Scientists study how glaciers calve to understand climate change.