Claw vs. Paw

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.

Pawnoun

The soft foot of a mammal or other animal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nails; comparable to a human hand or foot.

Pawnoun

(humorous) A hand.

Pawnoun

Father; pa.

Pawverb

(of an animal) To go through something (such as a garbage can) with paws.

Pawverb

(of an animal) To gently push on something with a paw.

Pawverb

(of an animal) To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot.

Pawverb

To touch someone (with the hands) in a sexual way.

Pawverb

To clumsily dig through something.

Pawverb

To flatter.

Pawnoun

The foot of a quadruped having claws, as the lion, dog, cat, etc.

Pawnoun

The hand.

Pawverb

To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot.

Pawverb

To pass the paw over; to stroke or handle with the paws; hence, to handle fondly or rudely.

Pawverb

To scrape or beat with the forefoot.

Pawnoun

a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped

Pawnoun

the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb;

Pawverb

scrape with the paws;

Pawverb

touch clumsily;

Paw

A paw is the soft foot-like part of a mammal, generally a quadruped, that has claws.