Calf (Noun)
Meaning 1
Young of domestic cattle.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- A newborn calf stood unsteadily on its spindly legs in the farmyard.
- The farmer bottle-fed the orphaned calf every morning and night.
- The rancher's children loved playing with the baby calf in the pasture.
- After its mother died, the calf was taken in by a neighboring farm and raised by a foster cow.
- The veterinarian examined the weak calf and prescribed antibiotics to treat its infection.
Hyponyms
Meaning 2
Young of various large placental mammals e.g. whale or giraffe or elephant or buffalo.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Meaning 3
The muscular back part of the shank.
Classification
Nouns denoting body parts.