calving

UK
/ˈkɑːvɪŋ/
US
/ˈkævɪŋ/
calvingnoun
calvings
pl
Traductions
The calving season is approaching.
Сезон отелки приближается.
Calving is a critical time for dairy farmers.
Отеление - это критическое время для молочных фермеров.
The farmer was busy with the calving of the cows.
Фермер был занят отелом коров.
Traductions supplémentaires
Définitions
The process of a cow or other large animal giving birth to a calf.
The farmer was busy with the calving season, ensuring all the newborn calves were healthy.
The breaking off of a mass of ice from a glacier, iceberg, or ice shelf.
The calving of the glacier resulted in a massive iceberg floating away into the ocean.
calvinggerund / present participle
UK
/ˈkɑːvɪŋ/
US
/ˈkævɪŋ/
Used attributively to describe cattle or glaciers that are in the process of producing calves or shedding icebergs.
Définitions
Relating to, or in the process of, producing calves (of cattle) or shedding icebergs (of a glacier).
The calving cows were monitored around the clock by the farmhands.
calveverb

calving

Gerund

calved
Past Simple
calved
Past Participle
calving
Gerund
UK
/kɑːv/
US
/kæv/
Traductions
The glacier began to calve large icebergs.
Ледник начал откалываться, образуя большие айсберги.
Traductions supplémentaires
Définitions
To give birth to a calf.
The cow is expected to calve in the spring.
To break off or detach, especially of a glacier or iceberg.
The glacier began to calve, sending large chunks of ice into the sea.
Synonymes
give birth
drop calf