calving

We have found lemma(root) word of calving : calve.

Definitions


[kɑːv], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of cows and certain other large animals) give birth to a calf
(e.g: Galloway cows have wide pelvises and calve easily)

- (of an iceberg or glacier) split and shed (a smaller mass of ice)
(e.g: glaciers were calving icebergs directly into the sea)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English calfian, from cælf ‘calf’




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