calve

calve
/kav, kahv/, v., calved, calving.
v.i.
1. to give birth to a calf: The cow is expected to calve tomorrow.
2. (of a glacier, an iceberg, etc.) to break up or splinter so as to produce a detached piece.
v.t.
3. to give birth to (a calf).
4. (of a glacier, an iceberg, etc.) to break off or detach (a piece): The glacier calved an iceberg.
[bef. 1000; ME calven, OE (Anglian) *calfian, deriv. of calf CALF1; c. OE (West Saxon) cealfian]

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