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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
calve .
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Examples
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"calved," it split, it detonated, and, having finally loosened itself from its bed, it acquired increased momentum.
The Iron Trail Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913
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The mallet fell again, the chisel bit, the block calved.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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The head calved and cascaded down in a glittering shower.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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The mallet fell again, the chisel bit, the block calved.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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The head calved and cascaded down in a glittering shower.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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The placenta stain where she calved you is still there.
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The head calved and cascaded down in a glittering shower.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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The head calved and cascaded down in a glittering shower.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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The mallet fell again, the chisel bit, the block calved.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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The mallet fell again, the chisel bit, the block calved.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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