How to use calf in a sentence

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• A week after we kicked off her calf that cow was still bawling.From the entry kick off
• The ranch hands had to brand every new calf by lunchtime.From the entry brand
• That calf is going to be a great shower at the fair this year.From the entry shower
• I felt some leg pain during the first mile of my run and I strained my calf two miles later.From the entry later
• The cow has weaned her calf.From the entry wean
• The two-headed calf was a freak.From the entry freak
• Early signs of Duchenne muscular dystrophy may include pseudohypertrophy (enlargement of calf muscles), low endurance, and difficulties in standing unaided or inability to ascend staircases.From the entry pseudohypertrophy
• Pajata is the intestine of a suckling animal, traditionally a calf, still containing partially digested mother's milk.2017 April 4, Katie Parla, “The return of Rome's forbidden pasta”, in Explore Parts Unknown. From the entry pajata
• Another option for OAD is “share milking"—leaving the calf with the cow while still milking.2015, Carol Ekarius, The Essential Guide to Hobby Farming, →ISBN. From the entry share milking
• The Béarnais prepare theirs with the boiled cheeks, tripe and spleen of calf.2011 August 12, Anissa Helou, “An A to Z of offal”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry sanguette
• At the start of calving season, there was another bum calf, Ferdinand, whose mother had abandoned him.2005, Lynn Parr, Cowgirl: A Home on the Wyoming Range, page 149. From the entry bum calf
• Calf heads were tanned from yearling calves less than a year in age.2001, ed. Rob Cook, The Making of a Drum Company, Hal Leonard, published 2001, page 53. From the entry slunk
• The current path in an electric chair is from a scalp electrode to a calf electrode.2000, Sverre Grimnes, Ørjan Grøttem Martinsen, Bioimpedance and Bioelectricity Basics, →ISBN, page 309. From the entry electric chair
• She usually manages to be busy feeding some bum calf or wrangling the horses or something.1992, Teresa Jordan, Cowgirls: Women of the American West, page 83. From the entry bum calf
• The dart at hem level creates shape for the calf of the leg and reduces surplus fabric.1991, Helen Stanley, Flat Pattern Cutting and Modelling for Fashion, page 162. From the entry underknee
• At one time every calf I brought on the farm caught a wicked brand of scours.1980, The New Farm. From the entry scoury
• The calf was a heifer and there was rejoicing on Baxter’s Island.1938, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, chapter 26, in The Yearling, New York: Grosset and Dunlap, page 329. From the entry freshen
• With a timid, loutish movement the great beast turned aside, then lumbered off followed by the calf.1934 October, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter 6, in Burmese Days, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, →OCLC. From the entry lollop
• A maverick is an unbranded calf that has been weaned and shifts for itself.1914 January, Zane Grey, The Light of Western Stars: A Romance, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC, page 59. From the entry brand
• How is an in-your-face black leather thigh-high lace-up boot with a four-inch spike heel like a man's black calf lace-up oxford?2006 September, Cathy Newman, “Every Shoe Tells a Story”, in Chris Johns, editor, National Geographic, volume 210, number 3, Washington…. From the entry last
• He rubbed the toe of his dancing pump on an itchsome spot on the back of his silk- clad calf.2006, Barbara Satow, A Game of Pleasure. From the entry itchsome
• She nuzzled between the legs—a bull calf.2003, David Gilet, The Yellow Dot Plague and Other Tales. From the entry cowling
• Squealing and still propelled by the kick, the calf scrabbled through the forest of legs and into the open.1998, Katharine Payne, Silent Thunder: In the Presence of Elephants, page 59. From the entry forest
• He has a legal claim over the calf, which is a counter-payment for the bull the other owner slaughtered.1985, George J. Klima, The Barabaig: East African Cattle-herders, page 30. From the entry counter-payment
• My boldness rising, I stroked his calf.1982, Shakespeare Stories, H. Hamilton, →ISBN, page 41. From the entry overbrimful
• Some cattle are bought with the elephant tusks, they may not be used for the garo calf, they are mingi.1979, Jean Lydall, Ivo A. Strecker, The Hamar of Southern Ethiopia: Baldambe explains, page 75. From the entry mingi
• The brain of a calf, sheep, and pig, young and served fresh, is reputedly erotic in its effects.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 49. From the entry brain
• New fall colors in suede with calf trim.1959 October 7, The Clarion-Ledger, volume CXXI, number 171, Jackson, Miss., page 11. From the entry tri-toned
• Earle appeared was a tritone dress of crepe, with a brown velour cloche and brown calf sling pumps.1950 October 15, “Local Matrons Smartly Model Clothes Here At Event By Junior League”, in The Greenville News, volume LXXVI, number 288…. From the entry tritone
• At the end of the normal gestation period the cow threw two calf mummies as large as cats.1916, Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, volume 49. From the entry throw
• A week before, while riding the prairies, Raidler had come upon a sick and weakling calf deserted and bawling.1903 February, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “Hygeia at the Solito”, in Everybody’s Magazine, volume VIII, number 2, New…. From the entry bossy
• It's unclear from the clip if the calf is a true albino or if its unusual colouring is caused by a genetic condition called leucism.2019 March 14, Earth Touch News, “Baby 'pink' elephant filmed frolicking on South African game reserve”, in Earth Touch News Network. From the entry champagne pink
• Illegitimate iconolatry is an image consecrated to the worship of God but not prescribed by the Biblical ritual, e.g., the golden calf.2010, Martin Sicker, Pondering the Imponderable, page 112. From the entry iconolatry
• Right calf tender with mild swelling.2009, James D. Coyley, Patrick J. Fahey, “Deep Vein Thrombosis”, in Terry L. Schinghammer, Julia M. Koehler, editors, Pharmacotherapy…. From the entry CCE
• Antecedent pain in the back of the calf or heel may be an indication of prior tendon damage and vulnerability (e.g. tendinitis, tendinosis, tenonitis).2006, British Journal of Hospital Medicine, volume 67, page 476. From the entry tenonitis
• An atheist is just somebody who feels about Yahweh the way any decent Christian feels about Thor or Baal or the golden calf.2002 February, Richard Dawkins, Richard Dawkins on militant atheism, via TED. From the entry atheist
• He had a cough which spoke sometimes of roughdried bricks in a builder's yard, and his calf muscles spoiled the particoloured set of his stockings.1999, Dorothy Dunnett, Queens' Play. From the entry roughdry

Meaning of calf

1. noun A young cow or bull of any bovid, such as domestic cattle or buffalo.
2. noun Leather made of the skin of domestic calves; especially, a fine, light-coloured leather used in bookbinding.
3. noun The young of various animals, especially elephant, giraffe, reindeer, seal, or whale (also indiscriminately used of other animals).

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Questions about calf in a sentence

How do you use calf in a sentence?

Calf is used as a noun. For example: “A week after we kicked off her calf that cow was still bawling.”

What is a short sentence with calf?

“Right calf tender with mild swelling.”

What does calf mean?

Calf means a young cow or bull of any bovid, such as domestic cattle or buffalo.