calf

Noun

Meaning

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.

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

An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt.

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

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

The fleshy hinder part of the leg below the knee.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

calfskin sura lower leg young cow doe bullock colt neve buzzard baal bison shin ewe glacier caterpillar
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Antonyms

man big fish BIG sire old-timer old man
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Hypernyms

leather skeletal muscle striated muscle young mammal

Hyponyms

maverick dogie leppy dogy box calf mid-calf

Phrases with the word

bull-calf calf osseous tissue calf skeletal structure calf-length slacks calf time calf liver

Derivatives

calves

Anagrams

CLAF FALC FLAC LCFA

Examples

Formerly a lamb was offered, a calf was offered. Christ is offered today...and he offers himself as priest in order that he may remit our sins: here in image, there in truth where, as our advocate, he intercedes for us before the Father. Ambrose

The lion and the calf shall lie down together but the calf won't get much sleep. Woody Allen

An atheist is just somebody who feels about Yahweh the way any decent Christian feels about Thor or Baal or the golden calf. As has been said before, we are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further. Richard Dawkins

Do not slaughter a calf before its mother's eyes. Kenyan Proverb

A calf is not found under an ox. Armenian Proverb

Do not search for a calf under an ox. Turkish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Calexiter Caley Caley pea calf barn calf bone calf cramp