claw
IPA: kɫˈɔ
noun
- 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.
- (colloquial) A human fingernail, particularly one extending well beyond the fingertip.
- (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.
verb
- 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.
- (transitive, obsolete)
- To relieve an uneasy feeling, such as an itch, by scratching (someone or something); hence (figuratively), to flatter or humour (someone); to court, to fawn on.
- To rail at, revile, or scold (someone or something).
- To do (something) quickly.
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Examples of "claw" in Sentences
- The crab has a big claw.
- The inner claws are the longest.
- The rogue clawed Stormkit's back.
- The Petals are clawed and hairless.
- The feet are webbed and also clawed.
- Eagles' claws are raptorial for catching prey.
- The crown raised his claw and the the session was on.
- The claw was to be within the eye sockets of the skull.
- The feet are clawed but weak and not adapted to grasping.
- The claw arms are bent towards the longitudinal axis of the conductor claw.
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