Claw vs. Finger

Clawnoun

A curved, pointed horny nail on each digit of the foot of a mammal, reptile, or bird.

Clawnoun

A foot equipped with such.

Clawnoun

The pincer (chela) of a crustacean or other arthropod.

Clawnoun

A mechanical device resembling a claw, used for gripping or lifting.

Clawnoun

(botany) A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, such as the base of petals of the pink.

Clawnoun

(juggling) The act of catching a ball overhand.

Clawverb

To scratch or to tear at.

Clawverb

To use the claws to seize, to grip.

Clawverb

To use the claws to climb.

Clawverb

(juggling) To perform a claw catch.

Clawverb

To move with one's fingertips.

Clawverb

(obsolete) To relieve uneasy feeling, such as an itch, by scratching; hence, to humor or flatter, to court someone.

Clawverb

(obsolete) To rail at; to scold.

Clawverb

To flatter; to fawn on (a person).

Clawnoun

A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird.

Clawnoun

The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails; the pinchers of a lobster, crab, etc.

Clawnoun

Anything resembling the claw of an animal, as the curved and forked end of a hammer for drawing nails.

Clawnoun

A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, as the base of petals of the pink.

Clawverb

To pull, tear, or scratch with, or as with, claws or nails.

Clawverb

To relieve from some uneasy sensation, as by scratching; to tickle; hence, to flatter; to court.

Clawverb

To rail at; to scold.

Clawverb

To scrape, scratch, or dig with a claw, or with the hand as a claw.

Clawnoun

sharp curved horny process on the toe of a bird or some mammals or reptiles

Clawnoun

a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something

Clawnoun

a structure like a pincer on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods

Clawnoun

a bird's foot that has claws

Clawverb

move as if by clawing, seizing, or digging;

Clawverb

clutch as if in panic;

Clawverb

scratch, scrape, pull, or dig with claws or nails

Clawverb

attack as if with claws;

Clawnoun

a curved pointed horny nail on each digit of the foot in birds, lizards, and some mammals.

Clawnoun

either of a pair of small hooked appendages on an insect's foot.

Clawnoun

the pincer of a crab, scorpion, or other arthropod.

Clawnoun

a mechanical device resembling a claw, used for gripping or lifting.

Clawverb

scratch or tear something with the claws or the fingernails

Clawverb

clutch at something with the hands

Clawverb

make one's way with difficulty by hauling oneself forward with one's hands

Clawverb

try desperately to move or remove something with the hands

Clawverb

scratch (a part of one's body) gently so as to relieve itching.

Clawverb

(of a sailing ship) beat to windward

Claw

A claw is a curved, pointed appendage found at the end of a toe or finger in most amniotes (mammals, reptiles, birds). Some invertebrates such as beetles and spiders have somewhat similar fine, hooked structures at the end of the leg or tarsus for gripping a surface as they walk.

Fingernoun

(anatomy) A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb.

Fingernoun

(zoology) Similar or similar-looking extremities in other animals, particularly:

Fingernoun

The lower, smaller segment of an arthropod claw.

Fingernoun

One of the supporting structures of wings in birds, bats, etc. evolved from earlier toes or fingers.

Fingernoun

One of the slender bony structures before the pectoral fins of gurnards and sea robins (Triglidae).

Fingernoun

Something similar in shape to the human finger, particularly:

Fingernoun

(cuisine) Finger-shaped pieces of food.

Fingernoun

(chemistry) A tube extending from a sealed system, or sometimes into one in the case of a cold finger.

Fingernoun

(D. purpurea).

Fingernoun

Something similarly extending, (especially) from a larger body, particularly:

Fingernoun

(botany) Various protruding plant structures, as a banana from its hand.

Fingernoun

A lobe of the liver.

Fingernoun

(historical) The teeth parallel to the blade of a scythe, fitted to a wooden frame called a crade.

Fingernoun

The projections of a reaper or mower which similarly separate the stalks for cutting.

Fingernoun

(nautical) nodot=a: a shorter, narrower pier projecting from a larger dock.

Fingernoun

(aviation) nodot=a: the narrow elevated walkway connecting a plane to an airport.

Fingernoun

Something similar in function or agency to the human finger, (usually) with regard to touching, grasping, or pointing.

Fingernoun

(obsolete) nodot=a, the part of a clock pointing to the hour, minute, or second.

Fingernoun

A policeman or prison guard.

Fingernoun

An informer to the police, (especially) one who identifies a criminal during a lineup.

Fingernoun

A criminal who scouts for prospective victims and targets or who performs reconnaissance before a crime.

Fingernoun

(figurative) That which points; an indicator, as of guilt, blame, or suspicion.

Fingernoun

(units of measure) Various units of measure based or notionally based on the adult human finger, particularly

Fingernoun

(historical) nodot=a: former units of measure notionally based on its width but variously standardized, (especially) the English digit of 16{{nbsp}}foot (about 1.9{{nbsp}}cm).

Fingernoun

(historical) A unit of length notionally based on the length of an adult human's middle finger, standardized as 4½{{nbsp}}inches (11.43{{nbsp}}cm).

Fingernoun

(historical) nodot=a: 12 the observed diameter of the sun or moon, (especially) with regard to eclipses.

Fingernoun

An informal measure of alcohol based on its height in a given glass compared to the width of the pourer's fingers while holding it.

Fingernoun

(fashion) A part of a glove intended to cover a finger.

Fingernoun

Skill in the use of the fingers, as in playing upon a musical instrument.

Fingernoun

Someone skilled in the use of their fingers, (especially) a pickpocket.

Fingernoun

A person.

Fingernoun

(especially in the phrase 'give someone the finger') An obscene or insulting gesture made by raising one's middle finger towards someone with the palm of one's hand facing inwards.

Fingerverb

(transitive) To identify or point out. Also put the finger on. To report to or identify for the authorities, rat on, rat out, squeal on, tattle on, turn in.

Fingerverb

(transitive) To poke, probe, feel, or fondle with a finger or fingers.

Fingerverb

(transitive) To use the fingers to penetrate and sexually stimulate one's own or another person's vagina or anus; to fingerbang

Fingerverb

To use specified finger positions in producing notes on a musical instrument.

Fingerverb

To provide instructions in written music as to which fingers are to be used to produce particular notes or passages.

Fingerverb

To query (a user's status) using the Finger protocol.

Fingerverb

(obsolete) To steal; to purloin.

Fingerverb

To execute, as any delicate work.

Fingernoun

One of the five terminating members of the hand; a digit; esp., one of the four extremities of the hand, other than the thumb.

Fingernoun

Anything that does the work of a finger; as, the pointer of a clock, watch, or other registering machine;

Fingernoun

The breadth of a finger, or the fourth part of the hand; a measure of nearly an inch; also, the length of finger, a measure in domestic use in the United States, of about four and a half inches or one eighth of a yard.

Fingernoun

Skill in the use of the fingers, as in playing upon a musical instrument.

Fingerverb

To touch with the fingers; to handle; to meddle with.

Fingerverb

To touch lightly; to toy with.

Fingerverb

To perform on an instrument of music.

Fingerverb

To take thievishly; to pilfer; to purloin.

Fingerverb

To execute, as any delicate work.

Fingerverb

To use the fingers in playing on an instrument.

Fingernoun

any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb);

Fingernoun

the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure

Fingernoun

the part of a glove that provides a covering for one of the fingers

Fingerverb

feel or handle with the fingers;

Fingerverb

examine by touch;

Fingerverb

search for on the computer;

Fingerverb

indicate the fingering for the playing of musical scores for keyboard instruments

Finger

A finger is a limb of the human body and a type of digit, an organ of manipulation and sensation found in the hands of humans and other primates. Normally humans have five digits, the bones of which are termed phalanges, on each hand, although some people have more or fewer than five due to congenital disorders such as polydactyly or oligodactyly, or accidental or intentional amputations.