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calve    
vt.
vi. 生小牛,下仔,(使)分离

生小牛,下仔,(使)分离

calve
v 1: release ice; "The icebergs and glaciers calve" [synonym:
{calve}, {break up}]
2: birth; "the whales calve at this time of year" [synonym: {calve},
{have young}]

Calve \Calve\ (k[aum]v), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Calved} 3; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Calving}.] [AS. cealfian. See {Calf}.]
1. To bring forth a calf. "Their cow calveth." --Job xxi. 10.
[1913 Webster]

2. To bring forth young; to produce offspring.
[1913 Webster]

Canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? --Job
xxxix. 1.
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The grassy clods now calved. --Molton.
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3. (Phys. Geog.) To throw off fragments which become
icebergs; -- said of a glacier.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]


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