calve

Short definition from Wiktionary

Verb

1. 1
   To give birth to a calf.
2. 2
   To assist in a cow’s giving birth to a calf.
3. 3
   To give birth to (a calf).
4. 4
   To shed a large piece, e.g. an iceberg or a smaller block of ice (coming off an iceberg).
5. 5
   To break off.
6. 6
   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).