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 Definitions of calf  [æf, kɑf]  

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Definition of 'calf' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) calf
the young of the domestic cow or other bovine animal.

2.  calf
the young of certain other mammals, as the elephant, seal, and whale.

3.  calf
calfskin leather.

4.  calf
Informal. an awkward, silly boy or man.

5.  calf
a mass of ice detached from a glacier, iceberg, or floe.

6. (n.) calf
the fleshy part of the back of the human leg below the knee.

Etymology:  (1275–1325; < ON kalfi)

Definition of 'calf' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) calf
young of domestic cattle

2. (noun) calf, sura
the muscular back part of the shank

3. (noun) calf, calfskin
fine leather from the skin of a calf

4. (noun) calf
young of various large placental mammals e.g. whale or giraffe or elephant or buffalo


Definition of 'calf' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) calf
a baby cow


Definition of 'calf' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) calf
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. (noun) calf
leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-colored leather used in bookbinding; as, to bind books in calf

3. (noun) calf
an awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt

4. (noun) calf
a small island near a larger; as, the Calf of Man

5. (noun) calf
a small mass of ice set free from the submerged part of a glacier or berg, and rising to the surface

6. (noun) calf
the fleshy hinder part of the leg below the knee


Translation of 'calf' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the young of a cow, elephant, whale etc.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: kalf Arabic flag Arabic: عِجِل Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: теле
Brazilian flag Brazilian: filhote Czech flag Czech: tele, mládě German flag German: das Kalb
Danish flag Danish: kalv Greek flag Greek: νεογνό θηλαστικού, μοσχαρ Spanish flag Spanish: ternero
Estonian flag Estonian: vasikas, poeg Farsi flag Farsi: گوساله؛ نوزاد برخی پستاند Finnish flag Finnish: vasikka
French flag French: veau,éléphanteau, baleine Hebrew flag Hebrew: עֶגֶל Hindi flag Hindi: बछड़ा
Croatian flag Croatian: tele; mlado Hungarian flag Hungarian: borjú Indonesian flag Indonesian: anak sapi
Icelandic flag Icelandic: kálfur Italian flag Italian: vitello; piccolo di gross Japanese flag Japanese: 子牛
Korean flag Korean: (소, 코끼리, 고래 등의) 새끼 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: veršelis, telyčaitė, (eln Latvian flag Latvian: teļš; (ziloņa, vaļa u.c.)
Malay flag Malay: anak binatang Dutch flag Dutch: kalf Norwegian flag Norwegian: kalv, (dyre)unge
Polish flag Polish: cielę Persian flag Persian: گوساله؛ نوزاد برخی پستاند Pashto flag Pashto: خوسکی ، خوسندر، دخوسندر څ
Portuguese flag Portuguese: filhote de Romanian flag Romanian: viţel; pui de elefant; pu Russian flag Russian: телёнок; детёныш
Slovak flag Slovak: teľa Slovenian flag Slovenian: tele, mladič Serbian flag Serbian: mladunče
Swedish flag Swedish: kalv Thai flag Thai: ลูกวัว Turkish flag Turkish: dana, buzağı, ...yavrusu
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 小牛,小象,小鯨魚 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: теля; маля Urdu flag Urdu: گائے ، ہاتھی یا وہیل کا ب
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: con bê Chinese flag Chinese: 小牛,小象

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