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Definition of Calve
1. Verb. Release ice. "The icebergs and glaciers calve"
2. Verb. Birth. "The whales calve at this time of year"
Definition of Calve
1. v. i. To bring forth a calf.
2. v. i. To throw off fragments which become icebergs; -- said of a glacier.
Definition of Calve
1. Verb. To give birth to a calf. ¹
2. Verb. To assist the giving of birth of a calf. ¹
3. Verb. (figuratively) Especially of an iceberg, glacier, etc. to break off or shed a large piece. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Calve
1. to give birth to a calf [v CALVED, CALVING, CALVES]
Medical Definition of Calve
1. Jacques, French orthopedic surgeon, 1875-1954. See: Calve-Perthes disease, Legg-Calve-Perthes disease. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Calve
Literary usage of Calve
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Success in Music and how it is Won by Henry Theophilus Finck, Ignace Jan Paderewski (1909)
""No real talent was ever allowed to languish neglected EMMA calve While it may
be true that ... In Emma calve" we find a combination of all these qualities; ..."
2. My Life by Emma Calvé (1922)
"28 Emma calve in "Le Chevalier Jean" .... 28 Emma Calv£ at Twenty 44 Emma calve
as Santuzza 44 Eleonora Duse 60 calve as Ophelia From a Statue by Denys ..."
3. The Singing of the Future by David Thomas Ffrangcon- Davies (1905)
"calve, musical effects.—"Amen" chorus, the "Messiah."—Quintette (Die
Meistersinger).—Wagner, Bach, Beethoven.—Bel-canto composers and imaginative reason. ..."
4. The Story of a Hundred Operas by Felix Mendelsohn (1915)
"O A. DM font, NY EMMA calve SOPRANO Whose real name is de Roquer, was born at
Madrid in 1864. Was educated in a convent, making her debut at a concert in ..."
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