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calf

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 elephant, seal or whale . also used of some other animals
∙ A chunk of ice broken off of a larger glacier, ice shelf, or iceberg.
∙ A small island, near a larger island.
∙ A cabless railroad engine.
∙ An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt. informal, dated

Noun

∙ The back of the leg below the knee. anatomy
∙ The muscle in the back of the leg below the knee.

BABYLON ENGLISH
calf n.
young cow; young elephant; lower back part of the leg

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
calf
calf
\calf\ (?), n.; pl. calves (#). [oe. calf, kelf, as. cealf; akin to d. kalf, g. kalb, icel. kālfr, sw. kalf, dan. kalv, goth. kalbō; cf. skr. garbha fetus, young, gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;&?;, skr grabh to seize, conceive, ir. colpa, colpach, a calf. ?222.]
1. the young of the cow, or of the bovine family of quadrupeds. also, the young of some other mammals, as of the elephant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, and whale.
2. leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-colored leather used in bookbinding; as, to bind books in calf.
3. an awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt. [colloq.] some silly, doting, brainless calf.
4. a small island near a larger; as, the calf of man.
5. a small mass of ice set free from the submerged part of a glacier or berg, and rising to the surface.
6. [cf. icel. kālfi.] the fleshy hinder part of the leg below the knee.
similar words(7)

ooze calf
tree calf
sea calf
calf love
law calf
divinity calf
bull calf

WORDNET 2.0
calf
Noun
1. young of domestic cattle
(hypernym) young mammal
(hyponym) dogie, dogy, leppy
(member-holonym) cattle, cows, kine, oxen, Bos taurus
(part-meronym) veal, veau
2. the muscular back part of the shank
(synonym) sura
(hypernym) skeletal muscle, striated muscle
(part-holonym) shank
(part-meronym) gastrocnemius, gastrocnemius muscle
3. fine leather from the skin of a calf
(synonym) calfskin
(hypernym) leather
(hyponym) box calf
4. young of various large placental mammals e.g. whale or giraffe or elephant or buffalo
(hypernym) young mammal

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Calf
Calves ( or ; singular calf or ) are the young of domestic cattle. Calves are reared to become adult cattle, or are slaughtered for their meat, called veal, and for their calfskin.
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WIKTIONARY - Yabla

calf

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 elephant, seal or whale . also used of some other animals
∙ A chunk of ice broken off of a larger glacier, ice shelf, or iceberg.
∙ A small island, near a larger island.
∙ A cabless railroad engine.
∙ An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt. informal, dated

Noun

∙ The back of the leg below the knee. anatomy
∙ The muscle in the back of the leg below the knee.

BABYLON ENGLISH
calf n.
young cow; young elephant; lower back part of the leg

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
calf
calf
\calf\ (?), n.; pl. calves (#). [oe. calf, kelf, as. cealf; akin to d. kalf, g. kalb, icel. kālfr, sw. kalf, dan. kalv, goth. kalbō; cf. skr. garbha fetus, young, gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;&?;, skr grabh to seize, conceive, ir. colpa, colpach, a calf. ?222.]
1. the young of the cow, or of the bovine family of quadrupeds. also, the young of some other mammals, as of the elephant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, and whale.
2. leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-colored leather used in bookbinding; as, to bind books in calf.
3. an awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt. [colloq.] some silly, doting, brainless calf.
4. a small island near a larger; as, the calf of man.
5. a small mass of ice set free from the submerged part of a glacier or berg, and rising to the surface.
6. [cf. icel. kālfi.] the fleshy hinder part of the leg below the knee.
similar words(7)

ooze calf
tree calf
sea calf
calf love
law calf
divinity calf
bull calf

WORDNET 2.0
calf
Noun
1. young of domestic cattle
(hypernym) young mammal
(hyponym) dogie, dogy, leppy
(member-holonym) cattle, cows, kine, oxen, Bos taurus
(part-meronym) veal, veau
2. the muscular back part of the shank
(synonym) sura
(hypernym) skeletal muscle, striated muscle
(part-holonym) shank
(part-meronym) gastrocnemius, gastrocnemius muscle
3. fine leather from the skin of a calf
(synonym) calfskin
(hypernym) leather
(hyponym) box calf
4. young of various large placental mammals e.g. whale or giraffe or elephant or buffalo
(hypernym) young mammal

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Calf
Calves ( or ; singular calf or ) are the young of domestic cattle. Calves are reared to become adult cattle, or are slaughtered for their meat, called veal, and for their calfskin.
See more at Wikipedia.org...

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