calving

Senso (Inglese)

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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Concetti

parto

figliatura

nascita

sinonimi

birth

farrowing

foaling

kidding

parturition

whelping

lambing

ratting

Traduzioni

vêlage

Kalben

انفصال ثلجي؛ انشعاب

agnelage

Abferkeln

kalbend

part

naissance

parturition

Lammen

chevrotement

mise bas

Geburt

ولادة

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈkævɪŋ/