Definitions for CALF
kæf, kɑfcalf

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. calfnoun

   young of domestic cattle

2. calf, suranoun

   the muscular back part of the shank

3. calf, calfskinnoun

   fine leather from the skin of a calf

4. calfnoun

   young of various large placental mammals e.g. whale or giraffe or elephant or buffalo

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Calfnoun

   calves in the plural.

   Etymology: cealf, Saxon; kalf, Dutch.

   1. The young of a cow.

   The colt hath about four years of growth; and so the fawn, and so the calf. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist. №. 759.

   Acosta tells us of a fowl in Peru, called condores, which will, of themselves, kill and eat up a whole calf at a time. John Wilkins, Mathematical Magick.

   Ah! Blouzelind, I love thee more by half,
   Than does their fawns, or cows the new-fall’n calf. John Gay.

   2. Calves of the lips,mentioned by Hosea, signify sacrifices of praise and prayers, which the captives of Babylon addressed to God, being no longer in a condition to offer sacrifices in his temple. Augustin Calmet

   Take with you words, and turn to the Lord, and say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips. Hosea, xiv. 2.

   3. The thick, plump, bulbous part of the leg. [ kalf, Dutch.]

   Into her legs I’d have love’s issues fall,
   And all her calf into a gouty small. John Suckling.

   The calf of that leg blistered. Richard Wiseman, Surgery.

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1. calf

   A calf is a young domesticated mammal of certain large species, commonly associated with cattle and elephants. It can also refer to the back part of the lower leg in humans, or the muscular part of the back of's leg in various other animals.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Calfnoun

   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. Calfnoun

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

3. Calfnoun

   an awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt

4. Calfnoun

   a small island near a larger; as, the Calf of Man

5. Calfnoun

   a small mass of ice set free from the submerged part of a glacier or berg, and rising to the surface

6. Calfnoun

   the fleshy hinder part of the leg below the knee

7. Etymology: [OE. calf, kelf, AS. cealf; akin to D. kalf, G. kalb, Icel. klfr, Sw. kalf, Dan. kalv, Goth. kalb; cf. Skr. garbha fetus, young, Gr. , Skr grabh to seize, conceive, Ir. colpa, colpach, a calf. 222.]

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1. Calf

   Calves are the young of domestic cattle. Calves are reared to become adult cattle, or are slaughtered for their meat, called veal.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Calf

   käf, n. the young of the cow and of some other animals, as marine mammals: calf-skin leather, bookbinding in such: a stupid or a cowardly person:—pl. Calves (kävz).—ns. Calf′-love, an attachment between a boy and girl; Calf's′-foot, Calves'-foot, the foot of the calf, used in making a palatable jelly; Calf′-skin, the skin of the calf, making a good leather for bookbinding and shoes.—Divinity calf, a dark-brown calf bookbinding, with blind stamping, and without gilding—common in the binding of theological books; Golden calf, the idol set up by Aaron during the absence of Moses on Sinai, or those erected by Jeroboam at Bethel and Dan: worship of Mammon or wealth; Half-calf, a bookbinding in which the back and corners are in calf-skin; Mottled calf, a light coloured bookbinding, decorated by the sprinkling of acid in drops; Smooth calf, a binding in plain or undecorated calf leather.—The calves of our lips (Hosea, xiv. 2), an offering of praise (the Septuagint reads, 'The fruit of our lips').—Tree calf, a bright brown calf bookbinding, stained by acids with a pattern resembling the trunk and branches of a tree. [A.S. cealf; Ger. kalb.]

2. Calf

   käf, n. the thick fleshy part of the leg behind.—adj. Calf′less, with a thin, poor calf. [Ice. kalfi; perh. the same word as the preceding.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. calf

   A word generally applied to the young of marine mammalia, as the whale.--Calf, in the Arctic regions, a mass of floe ice breaking from under a floe, which when disengaged rises with violence to the surface of the water; it differs from a tongue, which is the same body kept fixed beneath the main floe. The iceberg is formed by the repeated freezing of thawed snow running down over the slopes, until at length the wave from beneath and weight above causes it to break off and fall into the sea, or, as termed in Greenland, to calve. Thus, berg, is fresh-water ice, the work of years. The floe, is salt water frozen suddenly each winter, and dissolving in the summer.

2. calf

   A Norwegian name, also used in the Hebrides, for islets lying off islands, and bearing a similar relation to them in size that a calf does to a cow. As the Calf at Mull and the Calf of Man.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. calf

   A form of muscle.

   The calf muscles in our legs are important to enable us to move our legs.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on December 26, 2020  

2. ---

   calf

   A newborn of a variety of animals.

   The calf was so beautiful, intelligent and loving with the young children.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 25, 2020  

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1. CALF

   What does CALF stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the CALF acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Matched Categories

1. • Leather
   • Skeletal Muscle
   • Young Mammal

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'CALF' in Nouns Frequency: #2889

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How to pronounce CALF?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say CALF in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of CALF in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of CALF in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of CALF in a Sentence

1. Draymond Green:

   That looked like it was way worse than a calf strain, i think we did a great job of fighting through that.

2. Rob Hughes:

   You can identify individual dolphins after a while by their scars and marks, because we see them so often, we couldnt tell which one was the mother because there was a group of three or four dolphins sheltering the calf.

3. Rob Heusevelt:

   They didn’t care, they sincerely thought they were doing a service and helping that calf by trying to save it from the cold.

4. Julie Sigman:

   Takara will let us know when she is ready for us to meet the calf and at that time we should be able to determine the gender.

5. The Santa Barbara Zoo:

   We need to introduce the calf to the other giraffes, and to the outdoors, so it takes a while. We know people are anxious to see the calf, but it is really for its safety.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=CALF
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=CALF
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/CALF
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=CALF
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=CALF
7. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=CALF
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=CALF