[{"word":"calved","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To give birth to a calf","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To assist in a cow's giving birth to a calf","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To give birth to (a calf)","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(especially of an ice shelf, a glacier, an ice sheet, or even an iceberg) to shed a large piece, e.g. an iceberg or a smaller block of ice (coming off an iceberg)","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The glacier was starting to calve even as we watched."},{"definition":"(especially of an iceberg) to break off","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The sea was dangerous because of icebergs calving off the nearby glacier."},{"definition":"(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)","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The glacier was starting to calve an iceberg even as we watched."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/calve","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/calved"]}]