CALVING Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

calving

verb

Definition of calving next

present participle of calve

as in whelping

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whelping
pupping
kindling
kidding
breeding
siring
generating
littering
spawning
begetting
kittening
fathering
reproducing
multiplying
propagating
laboring
getting
birthing
producing
mothering
having
delivering
bearing
dropping

Dissimilar Words

losing
aborting
miscarrying

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kindling
kidding

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