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PAW
paw
(noun) a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped
hand, manus, mitt, paw
(noun) the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb; āhe had the hands of a surgeonā; āhe extended his mittā
paw
(verb) touch clumsily; āThe man tried to paw herā
paw
(verb) scrape with the paws; āThe bear pawed the doorā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
paw (plural paws)
The soft foot of a mammal or other animal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nails; comparable to a human hand or foot.
Synonyms: hand, foot
Hypernym: limb extremity
Meronyms: claw, finger
Holonym: limb
(humorous) A hand.
Coordinate terms
• hoof, talon
Verb
paw (third-person singular simple present paws, present participle pawing, simple past and past participle pawed)
(of an animal) To go through something (such as a garbage can) with paws.
Hypernym: handle
(of an animal) To gently push on something with a paw.
Hypernym: touch
(of an animal) To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot.
(by extension) To touch someone in a sexual way.
(by extension) To clumsily dig through something.
(transitive, dated) To flatter.
Etymology 2
The word probably has an origin in baby talk: see āpaā.
Noun
paw (plural paws)
(nonstandard or rural) Father; pa.
Synonyms: pawpaw, pa, papa, father, dad, daddy, pappy
Hypernym: parent
Hyponym: step-paw
Coordinate terms: maw, brother, sis, sissy
Anagrams
• APW, AWP, PWA, WAP, WPA, wap
Noun
PAW (countable and uncountable, plural PAWs)
(uncountable) Abbreviation of plasma arc welding. (an arc welding technology)
Synonym: PAW welding
(countable) Abbreviation of plasma arc weld. (a weld created with the PAW process)
Synonym: PAW weld
Hypernyms
• (PAW welding)
Hyponyms
(PAW welding)
• / keyhole PAW
• micro-PAW
Coordinate terms
(PAW welding)
TIG welding / TIG / tungsten inert gas welding
K-TIG welding / K-TIG / keyhole TIG welding
P-TIG welding / P-TIG / pulsed TIG welding
MIG welding / MIG / metal inert gas welding
MAG welding / MAG / metal active gas welding
Anagrams
• APW, AWP, PWA, WAP, WPA, wap
Source: Wiktionary
Paw, n. Etym: [OE. pawe, poue, OF. poe: cf. patte, LG. pote, D. poot, G. pfote.]
1. The foot of a quadruped having claws, as the lion, dog, cat, etc.
2. The hand. [Jocose] Dryden. Paw clam (Zoƶl.), the tridacna; -- so called because shaped like an animal's paw.
Paw, v. i.
Definition: To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot. Job xxxix. 21.
Paw, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pawed; p. pr. & vb. n. Pawing.]
1. To pass the paw over; to stroke or handle with the paws; hence, to handle fondly or rudely.
2. To scrape or beat with the forefoot. His hot courser pawed the Hungarian plane. Tickell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., āthe father of the brideā instead of āthe brideās fatherā
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