Phrase guide

calf raise

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An exercise targeting the calf muscles where the subject raises their heel off the ground and lowers it again.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: رَفْع رَبْلَة السَّاق — Exercise of raising the heel
  • Arabic: رَفْع السَّمَانَة (rafʕ as-samāna) — Exercise of raising the heel
  • Chinese Mandarin: 提踵運動 /提踵运动 — Exercise of raising the heel
  • Finnish: pohjenosto — Exercise of raising the heel
  • German: Wadenheben — Exercise of raising the heel
  • Russian: подъём на носки́ (podʺjóm na noskí) — Exercise of raising the heel
  • Serbo-Croatian: podizanje na prste — Exercise of raising the heel