Synonyms for calf
kæf, kɑfcalf

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1. calfnoun

   young of domestic cattle

   Synonyms:
   sura, calfskin

2. calf, suranoun

   the muscular back part of the shank

   Synonyms:
   sura, calfskin

3. calf, calfskinnoun

   fine leather from the skin of a calf

   Synonyms:
   sura, calfskin

4. calfnoun

   young of various large placental mammals e.g. whale or giraffe or elephant or buffalo

   Synonyms:
   sura, calfskin

Matched Categories

1. • Leather
   • Skeletal Muscle
   • Young Mammal

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. poddiesnoun

   a calf, in particular one which is fed by hand

   Submitted by aayanabrooklyn on July 29, 2021  

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. calfnoun

   Associated words:
   vellum, parchment, veal, fatling, dogy, vitular, vituline, slink, slunk, calve, steer

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1. List of paraphrases for "calf":

   veal, calves, tele, ox

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. calf

   Synonyms:
   Sura

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1. Julie Sigman:

   Takara will let us know when she is ready for us to meet the calf and at that time we should be able to determine the gender.

2. Mike Trout:

   I feel great, it's the best I've felt in a while. No issues with the calf. Don’t feel it at all. Great offseason. No setbacks.

3. Joe Biden:

   We flew the perimeter of The Calf Canyon Fire, and it's an astounding amount of territory and the impact on families that have been there for so long was so consequential.

4. Sonja Wild:

   Our results show that dolphins are definitely capable, and in the case of shelling, also motivated to learn new foraging tactics outside the mother-calf bond, learning from others allows for a rapid spread of novel behaviors across populations, and it has been suggested that species with the capacity for learning from others in this way may be better able to survive.

5. Makoto Moore:

   Plume collapses occur when the heat generated at the surface by The Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak fire is no longer sufficient to maintain an updraft, it could be because of the fire running out of fuel, or shading of the solar insolation, or any number of reasons, but the energy at the surface is cut and the column collapses due to its own weight and gravity.