calve
/kɑːv/verb
1
- no obj.(of cows and certain other large animals) give birth to a calf（母牛等大型动物）生仔。
1.1
- with obj.(of a person) help (a cow) give birth to a calf（人）为（母牛）接生。
2
- with obj.(of an iceberg or glacier) split and shed (a smaller mass of ice)（冰山, 冰川）使（冰块）崩解, 使崩裂。
2.1
- no obj.(of a mass of ice) split off from an iceberg or glacier（冰块）（从冰山或冰川）崩解, 崩裂。
词源
Old English calfian, from cælf 'calf'.