CLAW

claw

(noun) a bird’s foot

claw

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

claw, chela, nipper, pincer

(noun) a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods

hook, claw

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

claw

(verb) attack as if with claws; “The politician clawed his rival”

claw

(verb) clutch as if in panic; “She clawed the doorknob”

claw

(verb) scratch, scrape, pull, or dig with claws or nails

claw

(verb) move as if by clawing, seizing, or digging; “They clawed their way to the top of the mountain”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

---

Etymology 1

Noun

claw (plural claws)

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

A foot equipped with such.

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

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

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

(juggling) The act of catching a ball overhand.

Etymology 2

Verb

claw (third-person singular simple present claws, present participle clawing, simple past and past participle clawed)

To scratch or to tear at.

To use the claws to seize, to grip.

To use the claws to climb.

(juggling) To perform a claw catch.

To move with one's fingertips.

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

(obsolete) To rail at; to scold.

(figurative, transitive, dated) To flatter; to fawn on (a person).

Anagrams

• cawl

Source: Wiktionary

---

Claw, n. Etym: [AS. clawu, cla, cleó; akin to D. klaauw, G. Klaue, Icel. klo, SW. & Dan. klo, and perh. to E. clew.]

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

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

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

4. (Bot.)

Definition: A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, as the base of petals of the pink. Gray. Claw hammer, a hammer with one end of the metallic head cleft for use in extracting nails, etc.

– Claw hammer coat, a dress coat of the swallowtail pattern. [Slang] -- Claw sickness, foot rot, a disease affecting sheep.

Claw, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clawed; p. pr. & vb. n. Clawing.] Etym: [AS. clawan. See Claw, n.]

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

2. To relieve from some uneasy sensation, as by scratching; to tickle; hence, to flatter; to court. [Obs.] Rich men they claw, soothe up, and flatter; the poor they contemn and despise. Holland.

3. To rail at; to scold. [Obs.] In the aforesaid preamble, the king fairly claweth the great monasteries, wherein, saith he, religion, thanks be to God, is right well kept and observed; though he claweth them soon after in another acceptation. T. Fuller Claw me, claw thee, stand by me and I will stand by you; -- an old proverb. Tyndale. To claw away, to scold or revile. "The jade Fortune is to be clawed away for it, if you should lose it." L'Estrange. To claw (one) on the back, to tickle; to express approbation. (Obs.) Chaucer.

– To claw (one) on the gall, to find falt with; to vex. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Claw, v. i.

Definition: To scrape, scratch, or dig with a claw, or with the hand as a claw. "Clawing [in ash barrels] for bits of coal." W. D. Howells. To claw off (Naut.), to turn to windward and beat, to prevent falling on a lee shore.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

---

Do you know this game?

Wordscapes is a popular word game consistently in the top charts of both Google Play Store and Apple App Store. The Android version has more than 10 million installs. This guide will help you get more coins in less than two minutes of playing the game. Continue reading Wordscapes: Get More Coins