Results for claw

Definitions of claw:

part of speech: verb transitive, verb intransitive

To tear with claws.

part of speech: verb transitive

To scratch or tear as with the claws or nails: to tickle.

part of speech: noun

A sharp, hooked, horny nail in the foot of an animal, as the cat; the whole foot of a bird; anything like a claw.

part of speech: noun

A sharp hooked nail in the foot of a cat, bird, or other animal; the whole foot of a bird; in bot, the narrow base of some petals corresponding to the petiole of leaves.

part of speech: verb

To tear or scratch with the nails.

part of speech: noun

The hooked nail of a beast or bird: the whole foot of an animal with hooked nails: anything like a claw.

Usage examples for claw:

• Then she used the only weapon she had to defend herself from dogs and men,- the long sharp claw in her foot. "Dot and the Kangaroo", Ethel C. Pedley

• Jonas put a cat's claw root on the fire. "The Enchanted Canyon", Honoré Willsie Morrow

• I was forced to stand in the blazing sunshine and claw out my papers. "Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond", Harry A. Franck

• But the next time it wisely planted its claw firmly to steady itself, while it cautiously pulled the material out with its bill. "A-Birding on a Bronco", Florence A. Merriam