calf
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- noun
- /kæf/
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pantorrilla
- After running for an hour, I felt a pain in my calf muscle.
- calf muscle
- calf pain
- calf of the leg
When I grabbed his calf, it felt like jello.
- When I grabbed his calf, it felt like jello.
- So for me, it's a mid calf, long mid calf.
- If I expose my calf, my beautiful hairy calf, it's a crime.
- Oh yeah, the, the calf massage so nice.
- I like a Capri length, a mid calf, low calf length.
- Yeah, it's on my calf from the tuna fish can.
- I'm doing quads, doing hamstrings, I'm doing calves, and I'm doing abs on that day.
- This could be on your calf or your thigh or your arm.
- The inside of your right calf muscle will start being stretched.
- And then he has a bunch of these around his calf on the boots.
- Also really like them for swimwear for calf tans and things like that.
- So that's quadriceps, hamstrings and calves, and tibialis work, the front of the shin.
- So yeah, this is an X-ray of my calf curvature looking nice.
Examples
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The inside of your right calf muscle will start being stretched.
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Just a little spray on that calf there.
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And so this whole leg, this whole calf is going to be in shadow.
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Oh, and he said it was good for the calf muscles on a long flight.
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I'm so sorry, I have a tight calf.
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Please massage my calf, Phil.
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When I leave, he watches my calf muscles as I walk.
Fiction book (1994) -
It was his high and well developed calf muscles.
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When they took the cast off my calf had shrunk two inches.
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Her leg itched, and she scratched the large red insect bite on her calf absentmindedly.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
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A large muscle at the back of the lower leg that forms the calf and helps point your toes down
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Broad flat muscle at the back of the calf that helps you stand and walk
The muscle at the back of the lower leg under the knee
A large muscle at the back of the lower leg that lifts the heel when you stand on tiptoe
A flat part at the back of the lower leg that bends the foot down at the ankle
Idioms
Compounds
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A rodeo event where a rider on horseback chases, lassos, and ties a calf's legs quickly
- Specialized
Smooth shiny leather made from the skin of a young cow and used for high quality shoes and bags
- Specialized
The outer, thinner bone in the lower leg between the knee and ankle, also called the fibula
Surface Forms
Etymology
A helpful way to remember the word calf for the lower leg is to think of the rounded muscle as like a little 'baby' under the knee, from the old word for a young animal. That's why the back part of the lower leg is called the calf.