calve : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: calve	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for calve
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
calve v release ice; "The icebergs and glaciers calve" [syn: calve, break up] birth; "the whales calve at this time of year" Synonym(s): calve, have young
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Calve \Calve\, v. i. (Phys. Geog.) To throw off fragments which become icebergs; -- said of a glacier.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. [bd]Their cow calveth.[b8] --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.