1. gave birth to a calf
2. broke off or separated from a larger mass
Usage: often used of glaciers or icebergs

Examples

• The cow calved early in the morning.
• Our best dairy cow calved twins last spring.
• The glacier calved massive chunks of ice into the ocean.
• Scientists watched as the iceberg calved from the ice shelf.
• The farmer knew the heifer would calve soon.
• The ice shelf calved several large bergs during the storm.