The icebergs and glaciers calve. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The whales calve at this time of year. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Ice shelves lose ice, and therefore mass, when icebergs 'calve' away from the seaward front of the shelf. From Wordnik.com. [Green Options] Reference
He had helped ewes lamb, mares foal and cows calve. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of Chaos]
The 10 cows are pregnant and will calve in September. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Many, I understand, like to calve in the larger lagoons. From Wordnik.com. [Cachalot]
‘To the yard arm’; and ‘Which cow will calve afore?’. From Wordnik.com. [On Sophistical Refutations] Reference
A large red cow was sprawled on her side, attempting to calve. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph Days] Reference
I asked if he had bled the cow, as she would calve immediately. From Wordnik.com. [Cattle and Cattle-breeders] Reference
They originate when giant icebergs calve off the mainland glaciers. From Wordnik.com. [Ice Hunt]
The water buffalo also can calve at an age comparable to that of cattle. From Wordnik.com. [8 Reproduction] Reference
Grazing was extremely poor and stock was dying, particularly cows too weak to calve. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
While it was predicted to break up, it didn't calve as normal it broke up in 35 days. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Global Warming Inconvenient Truth] Reference
Tells you exactly when, and more importantly where, those cows were going to calve out. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
She was unable to calve and was lying straining, distressed, on the point of exhaustion. From Wordnik.com. [Every living thing]
In summer the white whales of the Beaufort Sea converge on the Mackenzie Delta to calve. From Wordnik.com. [Northern FrontierNorthern Homeland] Reference
Antarctica; other seismic activity rare and weak; large icebergs may calve from ice shelf. From Wordnik.com. [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Oddly enough we see the elk moving back onto the flat and low meadows in an effort to calve. From Wordnik.com. [Do you think that the long term ecological damage caused by exterminating predators or holding them well below their natural pop] Reference
West Antarctica; other seismic activity rare and weak; large icebergs may calve from ice shelf. From Wordnik.com. [The 2001 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Also the cows will soon calve, the sows farrow and the eggs for the fowl species will soon hatch. From Wordnik.com. [Decision at Doona]
Did he sell it on craigslist with a sad phrase like "need to buy calve implants so i can walk again.". From Wordnik.com. [The Pinch Test: Indignities of Spring] Reference
Be an independent thinker and not a calve being herded with the rest of the roundup to be slaughtered. From Wordnik.com. [Obama did not order Van Jones' resignation, adviser says] Reference
And besides, I can perve on calve muscles while I am banished, off the big boys playground, going backward. From Wordnik.com. [Spoils of Victory: Jousting with Legitimacy] Reference
Ice floes calve, people get injured and rescue isn't always possible if a plane can't land. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
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