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calf

1  [kaf, kahf]
Use in calf in a Sentence
–noun, plural calves  [kavz, kahvz] .
1. the young of the domestic cow or other bovine animal.
2. the young of certain other mammals, as the elephant, seal, and whale.
3. calfskin leather.
4. Informal. an awkward, silly boy or man.
5. a mass of ice detached from a glacier, iceberg, or floe.
—Idioms
6. in calf, (of a cow or other animal having calves) pregnant.
7. kill the fatted calf, to prepare an elaborate feast in welcome or celebration.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE cealf, calf; c. OS kalf, ON kalfr, OHG kalb

Related forms:
calfless, adjective
calflike, adjective
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Word Origin & History

calf 
O.E. cealf "young cow," from W.Gmc. *kalbam, perh. from PIE *gelb(h)-, from base *gel- "to swell," hence, "womb, fetus, young of an animal." Elliptical sense of "leather made from the skin of a calf" is from 1727. Used of icebergs that break off from glaciers from 1818. Calf of the leg is from O.N. kalfr, source unknown; possibly from the same Gmc. root.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: calf
Pronunciation: 'kaf, 'kof
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural calves /'kavz, 'kovz/
: the fleshy back partof the leg below the knee
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

calf (kāf)
n. pl. calves (kāvz)
The fleshy, muscular back part of the human leg between the knee and ankle, formed chiefly by the bellies of the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles.

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