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Webster 1913 Edition
Calve
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Calve
CALVE
, v.i.1.
To bring forth young, as a cow.2.
In a metaphorical sense, and sometimes by way of reproach, as when applied to the human race, to bring forth; to produce.Definition 2024
calve
calve
English
Verb
calve (third-person singular simple present calves, present participle calving, simple past and past participle calved)
- (intransitive) To give birth to a calf.
- (intransitive) To assist the giving of birth of a calf.
- (intransitive, figuratively, especially of an iceberg, glacier, or the like) To break off or shed a large piece.
- The glacier was starting to calve even as we watched.
- The sea was dangerous because of icebergs calving off the nearby glacier.
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Translations
to give birth to a calf