calving
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verb (used without object)
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.
verb (used with object)
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.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English calven, Old English (Anglian) *calfian, derivative of calf calf1; cognate with Old English (West Saxon) cealfian
before 1000; Middle English calven, Old English (Anglian) *calfian, derivative of calf calf1; cognate with Old English (West Saxon) cealfian
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to give birth to (a calf) |
| 2. | (of a glacier or iceberg) to release (masses of ice) in breaking up |
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Example sentences
Experimental selection for calving ease and postnatal growth in seven cattle populations.
But it is melting fast, with the thunderous sounds of icebergs calving off glaciers filling the air.
Calving sites and the entire annual calving grounds were displaced along with the concentrated calving areas.
Glaciers on land are moving faster and calving more often, increasing the total sea ice.
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