verb
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To give birth to a calf
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To assist in a cow's giving birth to a calf
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To give birth to (a calf)
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(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)
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The glacier was starting to calve even as we watched.
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(especially of an iceberg) to break off
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The sea was dangerous because of icebergs calving off the nearby glacier.
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(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)
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The glacier was starting to calve an iceberg even as we watched.