calving

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

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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Συνώνυμα

birth

farrowing

foaling

kidding

parturition

whelping

lambing

ratting

Μεταφράσεις

vêlage

figliatura

parto

Kalben

Abferkeln

agnelage

انفصال ثلجي؛ انشعاب

parturition

naissance

kalbend

chevrotement

mise bas

part

Lammen

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈkævɪŋ/