calve

verb

Definition of calvenext
as in to sire

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Recent Examples of calve The Mexican cowboys became adept at everything from calving to branding to overseeing the kind of long-distance cattle drives that later became a staple of the western. — Foreign Correspondent, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026 The next day is spent at Hubbard Glacier, where guests are likely to see electric blue glaciers calving. — Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 28 Jan. 2026 Hektoria continues to calve giant icebergs into the sea, according to the paper. — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2025 At the time of the latest image, two large fragments that calved from A-23a—Iceberg A-23g and Iceberg A-23i—were reported to span 324 square kilometers (125 square miles) and 344 square kilometers (133 square miles), respectively, NASA said. — Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for calve
Recent Examples of Synonyms for calve
  1. sire
  2. beget
  3. pup
  4. whelp
  5. generate
  6. kid
  7. kindle
  8. father
Verb
  • Gun Runner’s stable still has the brass nameplate of its former occupant, legendary 1977 Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew, who also sired an impressive line of runners.
    — Graham Cornwell, New York Times, 19 June 2026
  • He was brought to the United States that year, and has since sired four calves.
    — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2026
Definition of sire
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  • The accolades and ballooning crowds beget a prime slot at Coachella.
    — Marisa Fox, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2026
  • Distance begets latency; each kilometer of satellite separation adds more microseconds of latency, and those microseconds matter.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 15 July 2026
Definition of beget
Verb
  • The southern elephant seal pup mortality was estimated to be 76% across a population of 17,000 seal pups born on the islands, the program said.
    — Kathleen Magramo, CNN Money, 19 June 2026
  • But competition in summer decreases pup survival to one or two.
    — Ted Williams, Denver Post, 12 June 2026
Definition of pup
Verb
  • Owners can help the process by giving them a whelping box.
    — Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025
  • The alpha male was a foster, and his mate whelped — or gave birth — during the same week, making the pack an ideal candidate to receive pups.
    — Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 29 July 2024
Definition of whelp
Verb
  • Mahomes generated a pretty big cheer in the stadium when he was shown on the Jumbotron.
    — The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 12 July 2026
  • Hackman Capital’s plan to recoup its investment included continuing to operate Television City as a studio for rent while adding new revenue-generating features.
    — Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
Definition of generate
Verb
  • But Guthrie wasn’t kidding, slipping into a yellow gingham dress before joining her co-hosts on the Today Show Plaza to greet visitors.
    — Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026
  • If there was any skepticism due to the level of competition Moss faced in college, don’t kid yourself.
    — Bruce Feldman, New York Times, 25 June 2026
Definition of kid
Verb
  • These innocuous-seeming actions can kindle dry vegetation, potentially spawning a wildfire.
    — CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 9 July 2026
  • Photography arrived, kindling an enthusiasm that Baudelaire, ever the cynic, compared to a lust for pornography.
    — Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Definition of kindle
Verb
  • In October 2018, a source confirmed to PEOPLE that Wilson also fathered a daughter named Lyla with Varunie Vongsvirates.
    — Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 10 July 2026
  • Males who mate with many females might be trying to father as many offspring as possible.
    — Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 8 July 2026
Definition of father

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