PAW

paw

(noun) a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped

hand, manus, mitt, paw

(noun) the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb; “he had the hands of a surgeon”; “he extended his mitt”

paw

(verb) touch clumsily; “The man tried to paw her”

paw

(verb) scrape with the paws; “The bear pawed the door”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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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 ‘pa’.

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

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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 (Zoöl.), 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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