calving

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Verb

present participle and gerund of calve

Noun

1. The act of giving birth to a calf
2. The breaking away of a mass of ice from a glacier, iceberg etc.
3. (broadly) The process by which an iceberg is formed.

calve

1. (intransitive) To give birth to a calf.
2. (intransitive) To assist in a cow’s giving birth to a calf.
3. (transitive) To give birth to (a calf).
4. (especially, figuratively, intransitive) To shed a large piece, e.g. an iceberg or a smaller block of ice (coming off an iceberg).
5. (especially, figuratively, intransitive) To break off.
6. (especially, figuratively, transitive) 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).

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Konzepte

Kalben

Geburt

kalbend

Abferkeln

Lammen

Synonyme

birth

farrowing

foaling

kidding

parturition

whelping

lambing

ratting

Übersetzungen

vêlage

parto

figliatura

parturition

agnelage

انفصال ثلجي؛ انشعاب

naissance

mise bas

poulinage

nascita

chevrotement

part

ولادة

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

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