- pronunciation:
- kaef
- features:
- Word History
| part of speech: |
noun |
| inflections: |
calves |
| definition: |
the rounded back part of a human's leg below the knee.
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Calf1 is from an early Scandinavian word for a young cow. It came to be used for the lower leg of a person because the swelling of the calf (of the leg) looks like the calf before it has left the cow.