calve in English

verb

1

(of cows and certain other large animals) give birth to a calf.

We are not aware of similar data reported for cows calving during different seasons of the year.

2

(of an iceberg or glacier) split and shed (a smaller mass of ice).

Out past a cruising leopard seal, the distant Marr Glacier calves another berg, the boom echoing across the water.

verb

• have young
• break up

Use "calve" in a sentence

1. The whales calve at this time of year.

2. To calve and therefore begin to produce milk.

3. The icebergs and glaciers calve.

4. Their bulls gender without fail; their cows calve and do not miscarry.

5. Legg-Calve-Perthes disease is a type of Avascular necrosis in children that causes hip symptoms.

6. Cows first calve at five years of age, after a gestation period of 11.5 months.

7. Cows that calve in a body condition of less than 4 (scale 1 to 9) have a longer post-partum interval

8. And they've become elegant and slender -- they don't really have thighs; they just have one elegant calve on top of another.

9. La enfermedad de Legg-Calve-Perthes es un tipo de necrosis Avascular en niños que causa síntomas en la cadera.

10. Cows Calving in the fall normally need more supplemental feed in the winter, unless cool season pastures are used, than do cows that calve in the spring

11. (University of Zurich) Frank Schleich, "Ascende calve: the later series of the medieval pope prophecies" [permanent dead link] Full text of "The late medieval Pope prophecies : the Genus nequam group" Images taken from several versions of V.d.S.P

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