English to Afrikaans Meaning of calve - kalf

Calve :

kalf

verb

kalf

Calve :: kalfCalved :: gekalfCalves :: kalwersCalving :: kalwing

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Definitions of calve in English

Verb(1) release ice(2) give birth to (a calf

Examples of calve in English

(1) Using stable sea kayaks, we'll explore a remote corner of this region, search for wildlife in sheltered coves, and watch glaciers calve into ice-choked bays.(2) Unlike on most dairy farms, all the cows calve at the same time of year, and the cows are not milked in wintertime.(3) Arctic icebergs tend to calve from fast-moving glaciers and, therefore, tend to look like small mountains bobbing in the sea.(4) It has shelves that calve big icebergs all the time, and we've tracked a lot of bergs from there.(5) people often used to come for him to help calve their cows(6) Also, heifers that conceive earlier in their first breeding season calve earlier and wean heavier calves.(7) Not all cows calve by day, so cows have to be monitored for up to 200 nights per year.(8) Some 40,000 icebergs are thought to calve annually.(9) They're very easily kept, you don't need a shed for them and they calve easily.(10) Galloway cows have wide pelvises and calve easily(11) ├ö├ç├┐Large icebergs calve off on a fairly regular basis from the larger ice shelves in Antarctica├ö├ç├û he says.(12) Vast ice shelves in the Ross and Weddell Seas calve off huge tabular icebergs of hundreds and even thousands of square kilometres, that float away from Antarctica and into the Southern Ocean and drift north.(13) If the legs move at each strain it is likely that the cow will calve without too much trouble.(14) The event was unusual, because it was the second-largest iceberg to calve in the region in 26 months.(15) But Mrs Appleby said she was not fazed by the work, including the first time she had to help a cow calve .(16) Cows that calve in hot summer months may experience a longer period from parturition to subsequent pregnancy.

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calve, calved, calves, calving

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