calve
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Is calve a Scrabble word?
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Definition
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To give birth to a calf.Examples: "The farmer could tell Bessie was about to calve."intransitive
2. (intransitive) To assist in a cow’s giving birth to a calf.Examples: "The farmer calved Bessie for almost two hours."intransitive
3. (transitive) To give birth to (a calf).transitive
4. (intransitive, figuratively, especially of an ice shelf, a glacier, an ice sheet, or even an iceberg) To shed a large piece, e.g. an iceberg or a smaller block of ice (coming off an iceberg).Examples: "The glacier was starting to calve even as we watched."especiallyfigurativelyintransitive
5. (intransitive, figuratively, especially of an iceberg) To break off.Examples: "The sea was dangerous because of icebergs calving off the nearby glacier."especiallyfigurativelyintransitive
6. (transitive, figuratively, especially of an ice shelf, a glacier, an ice sheet, or even an iceberg) To shed (a large piece, e.g. an iceberg); to set loose (a mass of ice), e.g. a block of ice (coming off an iceberg).Examples: "The glacier was starting to calve an iceberg even as we watched."especiallyfigurativelytransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary