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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