calve

verb

Definition of calvenext
as in to sire

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Recent Examples of calve The largest iceberg ever recorded is Iceberg B-15, which calved from Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf in March 2000. — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024 Part one featured extensive footage of the cowboys during calving season. — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024 That ice had either blown in or calved off of the iceberg and literally closed off our access. — 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 See All Example Sentences for calve
Recent Examples of Synonyms for calve
  1. sire
  2. beget
  3. pup
  4. whelp
  5. generate
  6. kid
  7. kindle
  8. father
Verb
  • Into Mischief has sired the last three San Felipe winners trained by Bob Baffert (2024, 2021, 2020) with 2020 winner Authentic going on to also win the September running of the Kentucky Derby following COVID.
    — Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Further, males who sired at least one calf were at least three times more likely to sire more offspring than would be expected if mating were random.
    — Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of sire
Verb
  • The more traditional sushi experience begat more personal L.A. restaurants that at first glance have the appearance of sushi bars but go beyond their traditional structure.
    — Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2025
  • This history best explains why the public today expects an inquiry commission, and why Netanyahu resists appointing one: Disasters beget commissions, and commissions can beget upheaval.
    — Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of beget
Verb
  • Since January, Drakes Beach Road has been temporarily closed for the elephant seal pupping season until further notice.
    — Emese Maczko, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Two harbor seal pups born at Children’s Pool Two harbor seal pups were born recently at La Jolla’s Children’s Pool, possibly the first of this year’s pupping season.
    — Ashley Mackin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
Definition of pup
Verb
  • The alpha male was a foster, and his mate whelped — or gave birth — during the same week, making the pack an ideal candidate to receive pups.
    — Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 29 July 2024
  • When a captive mother whelps, or gives birth on her own, managers match her pups with a wild den using GPS coordinates from radio collars placed on packs’ breeding alpha male and female.
    — Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 3 May 2024
Definition of whelp
Verb
  • There’s Image Playground, which allows the user to generate AI art using text prompts or quick sketches.
    — Ben Sin, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
  • While the Rays celebrated the culmination of the deal last summer, Sternberg was still unsure a new stadium would generate enough revenue to make the team’s $700 million commitment to stadium construction worthwhile.
    — John Romano, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2025
Definition of generate
Verb
  • Starting today, February 12, 2025, Android customers can watch Apple TV+ on their mobile devices — phones, tablets, and foldables, whatever those are (just kidding, this is what those are).
    — Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 12 Feb. 2025
  • Finally, Mack’s precocious 11-year-old daughter Opal (Norah Murphy) is more in tune with adults than kids her age.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 6 Feb. 2025
Definition of kid
Verb
  • Just having the labels helped kindle my interest in playing around with things.
    — Oshan Jarow, Vox, 8 Jan. 2025
  • All told, the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield started the year low, burst higher amid signs that inflation would be more stubborn than expected, then tumbled in the summer as inflation fears subsided and the unemployment rate rose to a level that kindled recession fears.
    — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of kindle
Verb
  • Elon Musk has fathered his 14th child, according to People and Reuters, drawing more backlash from people online.
    — Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
  • In a rare public statement shared on her Instagram Story on Sunday, March 2, the 45-year-old reality star addressed claims that her 15-year-old son Mason Disick had recently fathered a child.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Mar. 2025
Definition of father

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