Within national marine sanctuaries's protected waters, giant humpback whales breed and calve their young, temperate reefs flourish, and shipwrecks tell stories of our maritime history.
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Calve
/kɑːv/
Synonyms for "calve" (24 found)
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More general
13 entriesMore specific
4 entriesbovine parturitioncalf birthglacier calvingiceberg formation
Collocations
5 entriescalving eventcalving intervalcalving seasonglacier calvingice calving
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
2 entriesTranslations
33 translations across 19 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- отелвам се verb (to give birth to a calf)
Catalan
1 entries- vedellar verb (to give birth to a calf)
Czech
2 entries- otelit se verb (to give birth to a calf)
- telit se verb (to give birth to a calf)
Danish
1 entries- kælve verb (to give birth to a calf)
Dutch
2 entries- kalven verb (to give birth to a calf)
- ter wereld brengen verb (to give birth to (a calf))
Esperanto
1 entries- naski bovidon verb (to give birth to a calf)
Faroese
1 entries- kálva verb (to give birth to a calf)
Finnish
2 entries- poikia verb (to give birth to a calf)
- vasikoida verb (to give birth to a calf)
French
3 entries- mettre bas verb (to give birth to a calf)
- mettre bas verb (to give birth to (a calf))
- vêler verb (to give birth to a calf)
German
2 entries- kalben verb (to give birth to a calf)
- werfen verb (to give birth to (a calf))
Ingrian
4 entries- poikia verb (to give birth to a calf)
- poikihua verb (to give birth to a calf)
- poikihussa verb (to give birth to a calf)
- poikiissa verb (to give birth to a calf)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- kalve verb (to give birth to a calf)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- kalva verb (to give birth to a calf)
- kalve verb (to give birth to a calf)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- بوغالامق verb (to give birth to a calf)
- كوشكلمك verb (to give birth to a calf)
Polish
2 entries- cielić się verb (to give birth to a calf)
- ocielić się verb (to give birth to a calf)
Russian
1 entries- тели́ться verb (to give birth to a calf)
Swedish
1 entries- kalva verb (to give birth to a calf)
Tamil
1 entries- கன்றுபோடு verb (to give birth to a calf)
Upper Sorbian
3 entries- woćelić so verb (to give birth to a calf)
- ćelećić verb (to give birth to a calf)
- ćelić verb (to give birth to a calf)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
As their numbers have grown, much about the humpback, a species famous for its song, remains a mystery. Scientists do not know exactly, for example, where on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef they mate and calve.
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The farmer could tell Bessie was about to calve.
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The farmer calved Bessie for almost two hours.
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