calve

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

calve
    v 1: release ice; "The icebergs and glaciers calve" [syn:
         {calve}, {break up}]
    2: birth; "the whales calve at this time of year" [syn: {calve},
       {have young}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Calve \Calve\ (k[aum]v), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Calved} 3; p. pr.
   & vb. n. {Calving}.] [AS. cealfian. See {Calf}.]
   1. To bring forth a calf. "Their cow calveth." --Job xxi. 10.
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   2. To bring forth young; to produce offspring.
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            Canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? --Job
                                                  xxxix. 1.
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            The grassy clods now calved.          --Molton.
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   3. (Phys. Geog.) To throw off fragments which become
      icebergs; -- said of a glacier.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]