calve

Meanings

Verb

release ice
- "The icebergs and glaciers calve"
birth
- "the whales calve at this time of year"
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).

Origin / Etymology

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.

Synonyms

break up, have young

Scrabble Score: 10

calve is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
calve is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
calve is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

calve is a valid Words With Friends word