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Definition claw

Etymology 1

From Middle English clawe, from Old English clawu, from Proto-Germanic *klaw?. Compare West Frisian klau, Dutch klauw, German Klaue, Danish klo, Norwegian klo.

Noun

claw (plural claws)

1. A curved, pointed horny nail on each digit of the foot of a mammal, reptile, or bird.
2. A foot equipped with such.
3. The pincer (chela) of a crustacean or other arthropod.
4. A mechanical device resembling a claw, used for gripping or lifting.
5. (botany) A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, such as the base of petals of the pink.
6. (juggling) The act of catching a ball overhand.

Etymology 2

From Middle English clawen, from Old English clawan, cl?wan, *cl?n, clawian, from Proto-Germanic *klawjan?.

Verb

claw (third-person singular simple present claws, present participle clawing, simple past and past participle clawed)

1. To scratch or to tear at.
2. To use the claws to seize, to grip.
3. To use the claws to climb.
4. (juggling) To perform a claw catch.
5. To move with one's fingertips.
6. (obsolete) To relieve uneasy feeling, such as an itch, by scratching; hence, to humor or flatter, to court someone.
7. (obsolete) To rail at; to scold.
8. (figuratively, transitive, dated) To flatter; to fawn on (a person).

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