calve

Meaning

Verb

• to give birth to a calf
• to assist in a cow's giving birth to a calf
• to give birth to (a calf)
• to shed a large piece, e.g. an iceberg or a smaller block of ice (coming off an iceberg)
• to break off
• to shed (a large piece, e.g. an iceberg); to set loose (a mass of ice), e.g. a block of ice (coming off an iceberg)

Origin

• From Old English cealfian, from cealf.