Claw vs. Jaw

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.

Jawnoun

One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.

Jawnoun

The part of the face below the mouth.

Jawnoun

(figuratively) Anything resembling the jaw of an animal in form or action; especially plural, the mouth or way of entrance.

Jawnoun

A notch or opening.

Jawnoun

A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place.

Jawnoun

One of a pair of opposing parts which are movable towards or from each other, for grasping or crushing anything between them.

Jawnoun

(nautical) The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast.

Jawnoun

Impudent or abusive talk.

Jawnoun

(slang) Axle guard.

Jawnoun

(snooker) The curved part of the cushion marking the entry to the pocket.

Jawverb

(transitive) To assail or abuse by scolding.

Jawverb

(intransitive) To scold; to clamor.

Jawverb

To talk; to converse.

Jawverb

(of a ball) To stick in the jaws of a pocket.

Jawadjective

(used in certain set phrases like jaw harp, jaw harpist and jaw's-trump)

Jawnoun

One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.

Jawnoun

Fig.: Anything resembling the jaw of an animal in form or action; esp., pl., the mouth or way of entrance; as, the jaws of a pass; the jaws of darkness; the jaws of death.

Jawnoun

A notch or opening.

Jawnoun

The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast.

Jawnoun

Impudent or abusive talk.

Jawverb

To scold; to clamor.

Jawverb

To talk idly, long-windedly, or without special purpose.

Jawverb

To assail or abuse by scolding.

Jawnoun

the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth

Jawnoun

the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth

Jawnoun

holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object

Jawverb

talk socially without exchanging too much information;

Jawverb

talk incessantly and tiresomely

Jawverb

chew (food);

Jawverb

censure severely or angrily;

Jaw

The jaw is any opposable articulated structure at the entrance of the mouth, typically used for grasping and manipulating food. The term jaws is also broadly applied to the whole of the structures constituting the vault of the mouth and serving to open and close it and is part of the body plan of humans and most animals.