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calve (kav, käv)

intransitive verb, transitive verb calved, calv·ing

  1. to give birth to (a calf)
  2. 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.

Browse dictionary entries near calve

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  2. calvarium
  3. Calvados
  4. calutron
  5. calumny
  6. calumnious
  7. calumniate
  8. calumet
  9. caltrop
  10. calque
  1. Calvert
  2. calves
  3. Calvin
  4. Calvinism
  5. Calvino, Italo
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  8. calyces
  9. calycine
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