Thesaurus: paw

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1. n. The foot of a quadruped having claws, as the lion, dog, cat, etc.
2. n. The hand.
3. v. i. To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot.
4. v. t. To pass the paw over; to stroke or handle with the paws; hence, to handle fondly or rudely.
5. v. t. To scrape or beat with the forefoot.
6. n. a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped
7. n. the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
8. v. scrape with the paws
9. v. touch clumsily
10. 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. To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot. Job xxxix. 21. 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.
11. To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape withthe forefoot. Job xxxix. 21.
12. v:20/n:80 n. a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped v. scrape with the paws v. touch clumsily