calf
/kɑːf/
A young cow or bull of any bovid, such as domestic cattle or buffalo; Leather made of the skin of domestic calves; especially, a fine, light-coloured leather used in bookbinding; The young of various animals, especially elephant, giraffe, reindeer, seal, or whale
- plural
- calves
Meanings
- 1
A young cow or bull of any bovid, such as domestic cattle or buffalo
The cow lost its calf.
Tatoeba · AlanF_US · CC BY 2.0 FR
The dog bit Tom on the calf.
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- 2
Leather made of the skin of domestic calves; especially, a fine, light-coloured leather used in bookbinding
- 3
The young of various animals, especially elephant, giraffe, reindeer, seal, or whale (also indiscriminately used of other animals)
- 4
A mass of ice broken from a larger glacier, ice shelf, or icebergrare
- 5
A small island, near a larger islandrare
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A cabless railroad enginerare
- 7
An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a doltrare
- 8
The back of the leg below the kneerare
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The muscle in the back of the leg below the kneerare