calved; calving
1
: to give birth to a calf
also
: to produce offspring
2
of an ice mass
: to separate or break so that a part becomes detached
Examples of calve in a Sentence
The cow calved in the barn.
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That ice had either blown in or calved off of the iceberg and literally closed off our access.
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Jill Heinerth, People.com, 23 Oct. 2024
The icebergs were calved from Sermeq Kujalleq, the world's fastest moving glacier, and fill a space that is the equivalent of 66,000 football fields.
—Catherine Garcia, The Week Us, theweek, 15 Oct. 2024
There were some Thule artifacts and an animation showing how the calving front of the Jakobshavn Glacier—the source of Ilulissat’s icebergs—has moved over time.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
The group also flagged a worst-case scenario in which 100-meter-or-higher ice cliffs at the front of Thwaites are formed and then rapidly calve off icebergs, causing runaway glacial retreat that could raise sea levels by tens of centimeters in this century.
—Danielle Bochove / Bloomberg, TIME, 20 Sep. 2024
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Jill Heinerth, People.com, 23 Oct. 2024
The icebergs were calved from Sermeq Kujalleq, the world's fastest moving glacier, and fill a space that is the equivalent of 66,000 football fields.
—Catherine Garcia, The Week Us, theweek, 15 Oct. 2024
There were some Thule artifacts and an animation showing how the calving front of the Jakobshavn Glacier—the source of Ilulissat’s icebergs—has moved over time.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
The group also flagged a worst-case scenario in which 100-meter-or-higher ice cliffs at the front of Thwaites are formed and then rapidly calve off icebergs, causing runaway glacial retreat that could raise sea levels by tens of centimeters in this century.
—Danielle Bochove / Bloomberg, TIME, 20 Sep. 2024
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“Calve.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/calve. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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calve
verb
ˈkav 
ˈkȧv
calved; calving
1
: to give birth to a calf
2
of an ice mass
: to break so that a large part becomes separated
a glacier calving icebergs
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