"calf raise" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: calf raises [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} calf raise (plural calf raises)
  1. An exercise targeting the calf muscles where the subject raises their heel off the ground and lowers it again. Categories (topical): Exercise Translations (Exercise of raising the heel): رَفْع رَبْلَة السَّاق (alt: rafʕ rabla(t) as-sāq) [masculine] (Arabic), رَفْع السَّمَانَة (rafʕ as-samāna) [masculine] (Arabic), pohjenosto (Finnish), Wadenheben [neuter] (German), подъём на носки́ (podʺjóm na noskí) [masculine] (Russian), podizanje na prste [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-calf_raise-en-noun-r8~dv5SF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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