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calf

noun
/kɑːf/UK/kæf/CA/kɐːf/

Etymology

From Middle English calf, from Anglian Old English cælf, calf (West Saxon ċealf), from Proto-West Germanic *kalb, from Proto-Germanic *kalbaz, further etymology unknown. Cognates * Scots caff (“calf”) * Scots calf (“calf”) * Scots cauf (“calf”) * Scots cawf (“calf”) * North Frisian Kualev (“calf”) * North Frisian kualew (“calf”) * North Frisian kuulew (“calf”) * Saterland Frisian Koolich (“calf”) * West Frisian keal (“calf”) * German Kalb (“calf”) * Luxembourgish Kallef (“calf”) * Limburgish kalf (“calf”) * Dutch kalf (“calf”) * Vilamovian kołb (“calf”) * Vilamovian kołp (“calf”) * Faroese kálvur (“calf”) * Icelandic kálfur (“calf”) * Danish kalv (“calf”) * Norwegian Bokmål kalv (“calf”) * Norwegian Nynorsk kalv (“calf”) * Swedish kalv (“calf”)

  1. inherited from *kalbaz✻
  2. inherited from *kalb✻
  3. inherited from cælf
  4. inherited from calf

Definitions

  1. A young cow or bull of any bovid, such as domestic cattle or buffalo.

  2. Leather made of the skin of domestic calves

    Leather made of the skin of domestic calves; especially, a fine, light-coloured leather used in bookbinding.

  3. The young of various animals, especially elephant, giraffe, reindeer, seal, or whale…

    The young of various animals, especially elephant, giraffe, reindeer, seal, or whale (also indiscriminately used of other animals).

  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. A mass of ice broken from a larger glacier, ice shelf, or iceberg.

    2. A small island, near a larger island.

    3. A cabless railroad engine.

    4. An awkward or silly boy or young man

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

      • some silly, doating, brainless calf

    5. The back of the leg below the knee.

    6. 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.

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Derived

box calf, bull-calf, bull calf, bum calf, calfbound, calfdozer, calf eyes, calfflesh, calfhide, calfhood, calfish, calflick, calflike, calfling, calf love, calfskin, calfy, cow calf, cow-calf, divinity calf, elephant calf, golden calf, haircalf, heifer calf, in calf, in-calf, killcalf, kill the fatted calf, law calf, mooncalf, moon-calf, reindeer calf, Russia calf, sea-calf, sea calf, seacalf, seal calf, tree calf, water buffalo calf, with calf · +6 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at calf. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at calf. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at calf

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA