calf
IPA: kˈæf
noun
- A young cow or bull.
- Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-coloured leather used in bookbinding.
- A young deer, elephant, seal, whale or giraffe (also used of some other animals).
- A chunk of ice broken from a larger glacier, ice shelf, or iceberg.
- A small island, near a larger island.
- A cabless railroad engine.
- (informal, dated) An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt.
- (anatomy) The back of the leg below the knee.
- The muscle in the back of the leg below the knee.
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Examples of "calf" in Sentences
- It gives a snapshot of the calf.
- The building was renamed the Calf Barn.
- The birth of a calf is known as calving.
- It gives a snapshot into the future of the calf.
- Location in the body in the inside area of the calf.
- The calf is the back portion and the shin is the front.
- The leg is held by the ankle or the calf, not the blade.
- The Calf Beast is the means of counteracting this horse.
- I lay on the bed and the calf muscles began to stiffen and jerk.
- A wound was found five inches below his kneecap on the calf of his right leg.