calve in Dutch

(intransitive) To give birth to a calf.

(intransitive) To give birth to a calf.

(intransitive) To assist in a cow’s giving birth to a calf.

(intransitive) To assist in a cow’s giving birth to a calf.

(intransitive) To assist in a cow’s giving birth to a calf.

(intransitive, figuratively, especially of an iceberg) To break off.

(transitive, figuratively, 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).