calve
verb (used without object)
to give birth to a calf.
calved
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past participleof calve.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof calve.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
calveverb (used without object)to give birth to a calf.
Example Sentences
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The size and makeup of the particles also revealed that the main source of iron was not dust, but icebergs calved from West Antarctica.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 4, 2026
The icebergs are comparable in size to some of the smaller icebergs found off present-day Antarctica, such as blocks that calved from the Larsen B ice shelf in 2002.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2025
The study — and eventual closure of Explorers — came after a huge chunk of ice fell off, or calved, the main glacier on Oct.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 7, 2023
I grew up reading Scott's journals, I traced routes from Palmer Station to Queen Maude Land on a map, and I stared for hours at photographs of calved glaciers in the Minnesota Science Museum.
From Salon ● May 29, 2023
As if on cue, a sheet of ice silently calved off the side of the glacier and crashed into the sea, spraying water and frozen shrapnel several stories high.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
