calve Definition
calve (kav, käv)
intransitive verb, transitive verb calved, calv′·ing
- to give birth to (a calf)
- to release (a mass of ice): said of a glacier or an iceberg
Etymology: ME calven < OE cealfian < cealf, calf
calve Usage Examples
Object
- heifer: An initial peak in lameness occurs in young first calving heifers.
- iceberg: Even today calving icebergs plowing across the seafloor destroy everything in their path.
- cow: Reynolds Farm Winter Feeding During the winter period the 200 autumn calving cows at Reynolds farm are fed with a diet feeder.
- herd: The important point for autumn calving herds is to check the condition of your cows now.
- glacier: Its incredible calving glaciers include the most productive in the world, which advances 30 meters every 24 hours.
- interval: The calving interval is thought to be about four years.
Preposition: at
year: Early puberty - first calving at 2 years old.
Preposition: into
sea: The inland ice, up to 3,500 meters thick, flows through the eastern mountains, before calving into the sea.
Modifying Another Word
- freshly: The top price of the day was a Delta Webster daughter just freshly calved in her first lactation.
- recently: Test bulls are used on recently calved cows ( reduces semen costs ).
- easily: Seventeen of the nineteen Limousin heifers have now calved easily, pleasing farm manager Philip Steans who is in charge of the project.
- first: Early puberty - first calving at 2 years old.
- newly: Care is needed with the introduction to a cubicle house of newly calved cows, especially first calving heifers.
- easy: Superb figures, easy calving, great temperament, fantastic length and depth and a great head.
Followed by an intransitive particle
off: The head of the bay is a glacier ice front with seracs continually ' calving off ' into the sea below.
Preposition: in
autumn: Calving: The dairy herd starts calving in the autumn to ensure a good supply of milk during the winter months.
Preposition: of
iceberg: Calving of icebergs from these ice streams is the main way in which ice is lost from the Antarctic ice sheets.
Preposition: from
- glacier: Often referred to as " iceberg alley " , these waters are packed with hundreds of different shaped icebergs that have calved from glaciers.
- front: Those who have visited Antarctica will note the similarities of the landscape, with giant tabular icebergs calving from vast glacier fronts.
- shelf: Icebergs calve from the floating ice shelves, and much of the surrounding Southern Ocean freezes over in winter.

