Thesaurus: claw

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1. n. A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird.
2. n. The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails; the pinchers of a lobster, crab, etc.
3. n. Anything resembling the claw of an animal, as the curved and forked end of a hammer for drawing nails.
4. n. A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, as the base of petals of the pink.
5. n. To pull, tear, or scratch with, or as with, claws or nails.
6. n. To relieve from some uneasy sensation, as by scratching; to tickle; hence, to flatter; to court.
7. n. To rail at; to scold.
8. v. i. To scrape, scratch, or dig with a claw, or with the hand as a claw.
9. n. sharp curved horny process on the toe of a bird or some mammals or reptiles
10. n. a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something
11. n. a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods
12. n. a bird's foot