calving

Variant of calve

calve definition

calve (kav, käv)

intransitive verb, transitive verb calved, calving 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

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