Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of bringing forth a calf: said of cows, whales, and seals.
- noun The separation of masses of ice from a glacier from time to time as it extends itself into the sea, giving rise to icebergs.
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- verb Present participle of
calve . - noun The act of giving birth to a
calf - noun The breaking away of a mass of
ice from aniceberg ,glacier etc.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun giving birth to a calf
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Examples
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The first milk after calving is called biestings, and is so very different in quality from the other milk, that it should not be mixed with it.
The Lady's Country Companion: or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally Jane 1845
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The first milk drawn from a cow after calving, which is specially rich.
Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter James Conway Walter
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Some think it is intimated (Ps.xxix. 9) that God by thunder helps the hinds in calving.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721
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These sometimes spectacular occurrences, called calving events, are a key step in the process by which climate change drives sea level rise.
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But we have no problem treating human females the same way we treat cows even to the point of 'calving' them.
Archive 2008-01-01 CC 2008
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Many of these ice floes are the result of the berg calving which is taking place in the chest cavity.
Impossible Places Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2002
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Regarding the animals, factors such as calving, ploughing and fattening seasons must be considered.
Chapter 6 1995
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After all, the term "calving" came directly from the Tampies — a reference to the similarity between space horse reproduction and glacial splitting — and to Ferrol that implied strongly that, somewhere along the line, the aliens had witnessed the entire birth process.
Warhorse Zahn, Timothy 1990
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Dr Rintoul said the collision, known as a "calving", gave scientists a rare insight into the bottom of the ocean.
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Dr Rintoul said the collision, known as a "calving", gave scientists a rare insight into the bottom of the ocean.
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