Word Finder - calving

verb

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To give birth to a calf

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To assist in a cow's giving birth to a calf

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To give birth to (a calf)

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(especially of an ice shelf, a glacier, an ice sheet, or even an iceberg) to shed a large piece, e.g. an iceberg or a smaller block of ice (coming off an iceberg)

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The glacier was starting to calve even as we watched.

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(especially of an iceberg) to break off

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The sea was dangerous because of icebergs calving off the nearby glacier.

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(especially of an ice shelf, a glacier, an ice sheet, or even an iceberg) 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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The glacier was starting to calve an iceberg even as we watched.

noun

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The act of giving birth to a calf

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The breaking away of a mass of ice from an iceberg, glacier etc.

Examples of calving in a Sentence

Whales visit the coast for the purpose of calving.

Care is needed with the introduction to a cubicle house of newly calved cows, especially first calving heifers.

An initial peak in lameness occurs in young first calving heifers.

With a shift to spring calving herds, more beef producers left bull buying until the sales early in the year.

Even today calving icebergs plowing across the seafloor destroy everything in their path.

Calving is still a few weeks away, but the ladies are looking rather plump.

The main enterprises on the farm are an Autumn calving dairy herd consisting of 140 cows and a cereal based arable rotation.

Join us on a 400-mile voyage around the tip of Baja California and witness the thrilling spectacle of Gray Whales in their calving lagoons.

Meaning you can fish, bird watch, or enjoy a gourmet meal on the upper deck while listening to the symphony of humpback whales and calving glacier ice whenever you please.

However as his calving season is nearly over Timothy no longer has enough colostrum to start up a new culture.

A comparison of four contrasting milk production systems with winter calving high genetic merit cows.

Its incredible calving glaciers include the most productive in the world, which advances 30 meters every 24 hours.

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