1. Giving birth to a calf
   "The farmer witnessed the cow's calving in the early hours of the morning"

1. Give birth to (a calf)
   "the whales calve at this time of year"
    
2. Release ice
   "The icebergs and glaciers calve";
   - break up

Derived forms: calvings

Type of: bear, birth, birthing, deliver, divide, give birth, giving birth, have, part, parturition, separate

Encyclopedia: Calving