calve Syllabification: (calve)Pronunciation: /kav/Translate calve | into Italian Definition of calve verb 1 [no object] (of cows and certain other large animals) give birth to a calf. [with object] (of a person) help (a cow) give birth to a calf. 2 [with object] (of an iceberg or glacier) split and shed (a smaller mass of ice). [no object] (of a mass of ice) split off from an iceberg or glacier. Origin: Old English calfian, from cælf 'calf'calve in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of calve in the British & World English dictionary
