calve
verb (used without object)
to give birth to a calf.
has calved
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present perfectof calve (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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This is the second time in two years that a huge iceberg has calved from the Brunt Ice Shelf.
From NewsForKids.net ● Feb. 2, 2023
A gigantic iceberg has calved from the Amery Ice Shelf in East #Antarctica.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 2, 2019
That sudden stratospheric warming split the polar vortex, and it is one of the pieces that has calved from that warming that now bears down on the northern part of the country.
From Slate ● Jan. 29, 2019
"We won't be able to tell whether Larsen C is unstable until the iceberg has calved and we are able to understand the behaviour of the remaining ice."
From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2017
"Why, you see it's longer coming in hot weather, and it's longer coming in cold weather; and it depends on how long the cow has calved, and how you churn, and on lots beside."
From Our Farm of Four Acres and the Money we Made by it by Miss Coulton
