calf

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A young cow or bull of any bovid, such as domestic cattle or buffalo.
2. isim Leather made of the skin of domestic calves; especially, a fine, light-coloured leather used in bookbinding.
3. isim The young of various animals, especially elephant, giraffe, reindeer, seal, or whale (also indiscriminately used of other animals).
4. isim A mass of ice broken from a larger glacier, ice shelf, or iceberg.

   “1915 (published), 1848 (first written), Elisha Kent Kane, Adrift in the Arctic Ice Pack Our swell ceases with this wind, and the floes seem disposed to come together again; but the days of winter have passed by, and the interposing calves prevent the apposition of the edges”

5. isim A small island, near a larger island.
6. isim A cabless railroad engine.
7. isim An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt.

   “some silly, doating, brainless calf”

8. isim The back of the leg below the knee.
9. isim The muscle in the back of the leg below the knee.

   “Sure, his calves are a little weak, but the rest of his physique is so overwhelming, he should place high.”