noun the fleshy hinder part of the leg below the knee.
2. calf ·noun a small island near a larger; as, the calf of man.
3. calf ·noun an awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt.
4. calf ·noun a small mass of ice set free from the submerged part of a glacier or berg, and rising to the surface.
5. calf ·noun leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-colored leather used in bookbinding; as, to bind books in calf.
6. calf ·noun the young of the cow, or of the bovine family of quadrupeds. also, the young of some other mammals, as of the elephant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, and whale.