Definition of "calved" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of calve. (verb)

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• ""calved," it split, it detonated, and, having finally loosened itself from its bed, it acquired increased momentum."
• "The head calved and cascaded down in a glittering shower."
• "The mallet fell again, the chisel bit, the block calved."