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calved, past participle; calved, past tense; calving, present participle; calves, 3rd person singular present;
  1. (of cows and certain other large animals) Give birth to a calf

  2. (of a person) Help (a cow) give birth to a calf

  3. (of an iceberg or glacier) Split and shed (a smaller mass of ice)

  4. (of a mass of ice) Split off from an iceberg or glacier

  1. release ice; "The icebergs and glaciers calve"
  2. birth; "the whales calve at this time of year"
  3. (calving) giving birth to a calf
  4. Calves (or , singular calf or) are the young of domestic cattle. Calves are reared to become adult cattle, or are slaughtered for their meat, called veal.
  5. (Calves (Póvoa de Varzim)) Calves is a Portuguese hamlet and street located in the parishes of Beiriz and Argivai in the municipality of Póvoa de Varzim, part of it is included in the city despite its built-up continuity as part of Gândara district in Argivai, it is divided by the A28 Motorway - ...
  6. To give birth; To assist the giving of birth of a calf; Especially of an iceberg, glacier, etc. to break off or shed a large piece
  7. (Calved) when an iceberg breaks off into the water from a glacier.
  8. (Calves) To dream of calves peacefully grazing on a velvety lawn, foretells to the young, happy, festive gatherings and enjoyment. Those engaged in seeking wealth will see it rapidly increasing. See Cattle.
  9. (Calves) 2.5-3.75 mL per 100 pounds of body weight depending on the severity of the condition and the geographical area. Lambs 2 weeks of age and older: 1 mL per 40 pounds of body weight (minimum, 1 mL). Ewes: 2.5 mL per 100 pounds of body weight.
  10. (Calves) less than one-year-old bovine animals.
  11. (Calving) Breaking away of a mass of ice from a glacier or iceberg.
  12. (calving) detachment of blocks of ice from a glacier into water;
  13. (Calving) The splitting of the end of the glacier into smaller sections. These could become icebergs, if the glacier snout ended in the sea. .
  14. (Calving) a form of ablation whereby a mass of ice breaks away from a glacier or sheet. After reaching a body of water the tip of the glacial mass is floated creating stresses with the main body remaining on land that cause it to snap free and float away as an iceberg.
  15. (Calving) assisting and or checking on first-calf-heifers when they have their calf. Typically first calf heifers are 2year old.
  16. (calving) Formation of icebergs by breaking off of glaciers entering the ocean [LCOTE]
  17. (calving) process of ice breaking off and falling at a glacier's end
  18. Calving is the process by which pieces of ice break away from the terminus of a glacier that ends in a body of water or from the edge of a floating ice shelf that ends in the ocean. Once they enter the water, the pieces are called icebergs. Source: Bruce Molnia
  19. carve. In Wells' terminology, this consists of the merger of the lexical sets BATH and START. It is found in some non-rhotic accents with broad A in words like "bath". It is general in southern England (excluding rhotic speakers), Trinidad, the Bahamas, and the Southern hemisphere. ...