裂冰(作用)

[ noun ]
giving birth to a calf
<noun.process>

Calve \Calve\ (k[aum]v), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Calved} 3; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Calving}.] [AS. cealfian. See {Calf}.]
1. To bring forth a calf. ``Their cow calveth.'' --Job xxi.
10.

2. To bring forth young; to produce offspring.

Canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? --Job
xxxix. 1.

The grassy clods now calved. --Molton.

3. (Phys. Geog.) To throw off fragments which become
icebergs; -- said of a glacier.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]