English-Spanish translations for calve

Definition of calve

• to give birth to a calf
• to give birth to (a calf
• to break off
• to shed ; to set loose , e.g. a block of ice (coming off an iceberg

Examples

• The glacier was starting to calve even as we watched
• The sea was dangerous because of icebergs calving off the nearby glacier
• When an iceberg breaks off from a large ice shelf along an existing fissure, it looks like a large, flat rectangle. Typically, only 10 percent of an iceberg is visible above the water. As it calved, the iceberg may have been smooth and flat underneath, but ocean currents would have quickly changed it.
• The glacier was starting to calve an iceberg even as we watched

Related words

• calver
• Calverton
• Calveley
• calves' liver
• Calvert Green