calving

Meaning

1. To give birth to a calf
2. To assist in a cow's giving birth to a calf
3. To give birth to (a calf)
4. (especially of an ice shelf, a glacier, an ice sheet, or even an iceberg) to shed a large piece, e.g. an iceberg or a smaller block of ice (coming off an iceberg)
5. (especially of an iceberg) to break off
6. (especially of an ice shelf, a glacier, an ice sheet, or even an iceberg) 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)
7. The act of giving birth to a calf
8. The breaking away of a mass of ice from an iceberg, glacier etc.

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Sources

1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data