claw
/klɔː//klɔ/
noun
- 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
A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, such as the base of petals of the pink.
- 6
The act of catching a ball overhand.
verb
- 1
To scratch or to tear at.
- 2
To use the claws to seize, to grip.
- 3
To use the claws to climb.
- 4
To perform a claw catch.
- 5
To move with one's fingertips.
- 6
To relieve uneasy feeling, such as an itch, by scratching; hence, to humor or flatter, to court someone.
- 7
To rail at; to scold.
- 8
To flatter; to fawn on (a person).
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