different between hamstring vs calf

English

Etymology

ham (“region back of the knee joint”) +? string

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hæmst???/

Noun

hamstring (plural hamstrings)

1. (anatomy) One of the great tendons situated in each side of the ham, or space back of the knee, and connected with the muscles of the back of the thigh.
2. (informal) The biceps femoris, semimembranosus, and semitendinosus muscles.

   Synonym: hams

   • 2010, Adam Garett, "Fried Hams", Reps! 17:23

     Developing muscle around both sides of a joint (think biceps and triceps, abs and low back, quads and hamstrings) should be one of your primary training considerations because strength on each side leads to lower injury rates.

Translations

Verb

hamstring (third-person singular simple present hamstrings, present participle hamstringing, simple past and past participle hamstrung or hamstringed)

1. (transitive) To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough.

   Synonyms: hock, hough, hox

2. (transitive, figuratively) To cripple; to incapacitate; to disable. [from 1640s]

   Synonyms: cripple, incapacitate, disable

Hypernyms

• See Thesaurus:disable

Translations

Anagrams

• Stringham

Swedish

Etymology

hamstra +? -ing

Noun

hamstring c

1. hoarding, the act of gathering or hoarding consumables in anticipation of a shortage (like a hamster hides food in its cheeks)

Declension

Related terms

• hamster
• hamstrare
• hamstringsvåg

References

• hamstring in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: käf, IPA^(key): /k??f/
• (US, Can) enPR: k?f, IPA^(key): /kæf/
• (AUS, General New Zealand, Northern England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland) IPA^(key): /k??f/
• Rhymes: -??f, -æf

Etymology 1

From Middle English calf, kælf, kelf, from Old English cælf, ?ealf;also cognate with German Kalb (“calf”) and Dutch kalf (“calf”), from Proto-Germanic *kalbaz, further etymology unknown.

Noun

calf (plural calves)

1. A young cow or bull.
2. Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-coloured leather used in bookbinding.
3. A young deer, elephant, seal, whale or giraffe (also used of some other animals).
4. A chunk of ice broken from a larger glacier, ice shelf, or iceberg.
   • 1915 (published), 1848 (first written), Elisha Kent Kane, Adrift in the Arctic Ice Pack

     Our swell ceases with this wind, and the floes seem disposed to come together again; but the days of winter have passed by, and the interposing calves prevent the apposition of the edges

5. A small island, near a larger island.

   the Calf of Man

6. A cabless railroad engine.
7. (informal, dated) An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt.
   • 1627, Michael Drayton, Nimphidia, the Court of Faery

     some silly, doating, brainless calf

Synonyms

• bullet (rare); cowlet, cowling; moggy (Midlands, now rare)

Derived terms

Related terms

• calve

Translations

See also

• bull
• cow
• veal

Etymology 2

From Middle English calf, kalf, from Old Norse kalfi, possibly derived from the same Germanic root as English calf (“young cow”) (above). Cognate with Icelandic kálfi (“calf of the leg”).

Noun

calf (plural calves)

1. (anatomy) The back of the leg below the knee.
2. The muscle in the back of the leg below the knee.
   • 1988, Steve Holman, "Christian Conquers Columbus", Ironman, 47 (6): 28-34.

     Sure, his calves are a little weak, but the rest of his physique is so overwhelming, he should place high.

Derived terms

• calfless

Translations

References

Anagrams

• CLAF, FLAC

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch calf, from Proto-Germanic *kalbaz.

Noun

calf n

1. calf

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: kalf
• Limburgish: kalf

Further reading

• “calf”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “calf”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English cælf, Anglian form of ?ealf, from Proto-Germanic *kalbaz.

Alternative forms

• chalf, chalve, chelve, kelf, kalf, calfe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kalf/, /t?alf/

Noun

calf (plural calver(e) or calveren or calves)

2. calf (cow that has not fully matured)
3. A representation of a calf; something that looks like a calf.
4. fawn (deer that has not fully matured)
5. (rare) Veal; the meat of calves.

Descendants

• English: calf
• Scots: cauf, cawf, caff, calf
• Yola: callef

References

• “calf, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-17.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse kalfi.

Alternative forms

• calfe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kalf(?)/

Noun

calf (plural calves)

2. calf (part of the leg).

Descendants

• English: calf
• Scots: cauf

References

• “calf, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-17.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kalbaz.

Noun

calf n

1. calf

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: calf
  • Dutch: kalf
  • Limburgish: kalf

Further reading

• “kalf”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Scots

Etymology 1

From Middle English calf (“young cow”).

Noun

calf

1. Alternative form of cauf (“calf (young cow)”)

Etymology 2

From Middle English caf, caff, kaf, kaff, alternative forms of chaf.

Noun

calf

1. Alternative form of caff