Calve
Meaning of Calve
verb
- To give birth to a calf
- To assist in a cow's giving birth to a calf
- To give birth to (a calf)
- (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)
The glacier was starting to calve even as we watched.
- (especially of an iceberg) to break off
The sea was dangerous because of icebergs calving off the nearby glacier.
- (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)
The glacier was starting to calve an iceberg even as we watched.
Information about Calve
- It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of Calve
Calve
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- Calve is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Anagrams of Calve
Words that rhyme with Calve
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