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calve
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verb (v)
- release ice(verb.contact)Example:
The icebergs and glaciers calve.
source: wordnet30 - birth(verb.body)Example:
The whales calve at this time of year.
source: wordnet30 - To bring forth a calf.(verb)source: webster1913
- To throw off fragments which become icebergs; -- said of a glacier.(verb)source: webster1913