calve

Meaning

to give birth to a calf
to assist in a cow's giving birth to a calf
to give birth to (a calf)
to shed a large piece, e.g. an iceberg or a smaller block of ice (coming off an iceberg)
to break off
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)

yean

foal

have young

give birth to

crock up

be delivered of a young

drop a litter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɑːv/

From Middle English calven, from Old English *calfian, cealfian, from Proto-West Germanic *kalbōn, from Proto-Germanic *kalbōną (“to calve”), from *kalbaz (“calf”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian koolvje, Dutch kalven, German Low German kalven, German kalben, Swedish kalva, Icelandic kálfa.