| 单词 | to calve down |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto calve down b. to calve down: to breed from (a cow). Also intransitive (= passive). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of cattle > [verb (transitive)] > breed from a cow to calve down1858 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > cow > [verb (intransitive)] > give birth calvec1000 to come in1784 to calve down1858 1858 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 19 i. 27 These stock are generally calved down when little more than two years old, or else sold. 1858 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 19 i. 28 I have myself known stock costing 6 l. per head worth at the end of the same year 13 l. or 14 l., and the increase is just as great when they calve down. < as lemmas |
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