calving

Significado (Inglês)

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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Conceitos

nascimento

parto

nascimento de um bezerro

leitegada

parição

parto das cabras

parto de ovinos

Sinônimos

birth

farrowing

foaling

kidding

parturition

whelping

lambing

ratting

Traduções

vêlage

figliatura

parto

Kalben

Abferkeln

agnelage

انفصال ثلجي؛ انشعاب

parturition

naissance

kalbend

chevrotement

mise bas

part

Lammen

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈkævɪŋ/