The belly or fleshy hind part of the back of the leg below the knee. The calf is made up mainly of the gastrocnemius muscle. Pain in the calf is commonly caused by muscle strain, but can be caused by blood clots in veins of the legs.

Young male or female bovine animal under 1 year of age.

Leather made from a calf hide or cattle hide, it is the most common type of leather used for bookbinding. It may be dyed nearly any color.

fleshy part of the lower leg, early 14c., from Old Norse kalfi, source unknown; possibly from the same Germanic root as calf (n.1).

"young cow," Old English cealf (Anglian cælf) "young cow," from Proto-Germanic *kalbam (source also of Middle Dutch calf, Old Norse kalfr, German Kalb, Gothic kalbo), perhaps from [..]

book binding leather from a calf hide or cattle hide; a commonly used material for leather binding (see also morocco, sheep, and vellum).

Calf [N] [S]Calves were commonly made use of in sacrifices, and are therefore frequently mentioned in Scripture. The "fatted calf" was regarded as the choicest of animal food; it was frequen [..]

young elephant.

baby whale.

young of domestic cattle the muscular back part of the shank fine leather from the skin of a calf young of various large placental mammals e.g. whale or giraffe or elephant or buffalo Calves (or , sin [..]

a young cow or bull. The same word also means the thick part of the back or your leg below the knee

The placid farm animal that is so important in both the Bible and in the Egyptian stories. Joseph’s seven cows dream interpretation may be explained as an astronomical prediction involving some recurrent celestial being/comet that looked like a cow. Here this seven cow dream is linked to the later passover as also the Golden Calf, and to the Egypti [..]

Book binding leather from a calf hide or cattle hide; a commonly used material for leather binding (see also morocco, sheep, and vellum).

Calves were commonly made use of in sacrifices, and are therefore frequently mentioned in Scripture. The "fatted calf" was regarded as the choicest of animal food; it was frequently also off [..]

The calf was held in high esteem by the Jews as food. (1 Samuel 28:24; Luke 15:23) The molten calf prepared by Aaron for the people to worship, (Exodus 32:4) was probably a wooden figure laminated wit [..]

kalb

litke

A leather binding made from the skin of a calf usually no more than a few weeks old. Its soft, smooth, unblemished surface made it the preferred material in England for hand-binding trade editions but [..]

A calf is a baby whale (or other baby cetacean).

  A bovine no permanent incisor teeth, can be a male or a female with no secondary sex characteristics.

a young bovine animal, male or female, under one year of age.

(n) young of domestic cattle(n) the muscular back part of the shank(n) fine leather from the skin of a calf(n) young of various large placental mammals e.g. whale or giraffe or elephant or buffalo

A young cetacean or marine mammal that is dependent on its mother for food and care.

a sexually immature young bovine

  baby cow.  Usually cattlemen plan for their herds to calve (have their young) in the early spring.  Some warmer climate ranches allow calving any time.  The animals are then rounded-up and [..]

When a calf is born, it is customary in some places to crush an egg in the hand, and thrust it, shell and all, down the animal’s throat. It is also dragged by the heels round the yard for luck. Mason’ [..]

n.(1) "calf, young of cattle," s.v. calf\1 OED. KEY: calf@n1

n1 3 calf 3

n.(2) "calf of the leg," s.v. calf\2 OED. KEY: calf@n2

n2 1 calf 1