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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (4)

1. sharp curved horny process on the toe of a bird or some mammals or reptiles;

2. a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something;
[syn: hook, claw]

3. a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods;
[syn: claw, chela, nipper, pincer]

4. a bird's foot;


VERB (4)

1. move as if by clawing, seizing, or digging;
- Example: "They clawed their way to the top of the mountain"

2. clutch as if in panic;
- Example: "She clawed the doorknob"

3. scratch, scrape, pull, or dig with claws or nails;

4. attack as if with claws;
- Example: "The politician clawed his rival"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Claw \Claw\ (kl[add]), n. [AS. clawu, cl[=a], cle['o]; akin to
   D. klaauw, G. klaue, Icel. kl[=o], Sw. & Dan. klo, and perh.
   to E. clew.]
   1. A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird.
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   2. The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails; the
      pinchers of a lobster, crab, etc.
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   3. Anything resembling the claw of an animal, as the curved
      and forked end of a hammer for drawing nails.
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   4. (Bot.) A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw,
      as the base of petals of the pink. --Gray.
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   Claw hammer, a hammer with one end of the metallic head
      cleft for use in extracting nails, etc.

   Claw hammer coat, a dress coat of the swallowtail pattern.
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   Claw sickness, foot rot, a disease affecting sheep.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Claw \Claw\, v. i.
   To scrape, scratch, or dig with a claw, or with the hand as a
   claw. "Clawing [in ash barrels] for bits of coal." --W. D.
   Howells.
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   To claw off (Naut.), to turn to windward and beat, to
      prevent falling on a lee shore.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Claw \Claw\ (kl[add]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clawed (kl[add]d);
   p. pr. & vb. n. Clawing.] [AS. clawan. See Claw, n.]
   1. To pull, tear, or scratch with, or as with, claws or
      nails.
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   2. To relieve from some uneasy sensation, as by scratching;
      to tickle; hence, to flatter; to court. [Obs.]
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            Rich men they claw, soothe up, and flatter; the poor
            they contemn and despise.             --Holland.
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   3. To rail at; to scold. [Obs.]
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            In the aforesaid preamble, the king fairly claweth
            the great monasteries, wherein, saith he, religion,
            thanks be to God, is right well kept and observed;
            though he claweth them soon after in another
            acceptation.                          --T. Fuller
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   Claw me, claw thee, stand by me and I will stand by you; --
      an old proverb. --Tyndale.

   To claw away, to scold or revile. "The jade Fortune is to
      be clawed away for it, if you should lose it."
      --L'Estrange.

   To claw (one) on the back, to tickle; to express
      approbation. (Obs.) --Chaucer.

   To claw (one) on the gall, to find fault with; to vex.
      [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

claw
    n 1: sharp curved horny process on the toe of a bird or some
         mammals or reptiles
    2: a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold
       or pull something [syn: hook, claw]
    3: a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other
       arthropods [syn: claw, chela, nipper, pincer]
    4: a bird's foot
    v 1: move as if by clawing, seizing, or digging; "They clawed
         their way to the top of the mountain"
    2: clutch as if in panic; "She clawed the doorknob"
    3: scratch, scrape, pull, or dig with claws or nails
    4: attack as if with claws; "The politician clawed his rival"