Paw
[pɔː] or [pɔ]
Definition
(noun.) a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped.
(verb.) touch clumsily; 'The man tried to paw her'.
(verb.) scrape with the paws; 'The bear pawed the door'.
Checker: Zelig--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The foot of a quadruped having claws, as the lion, dog, cat, etc.
(n.) The hand.
(v. i.) To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot.
(v. t.) To pass the paw over; to stroke or handle with the paws; hence, to handle fondly or rudely.
(v. t.) To scrape or beat with the forefoot.
Editor: Michel
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. 1, Foot (of beasts with claws).[2]. Hand (in contempt)."
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Definition
n. the foot of a beast of prey having claws: the hand used in contempt.—v.i. to draw the forefoot along the ground like a horse.—v.t. to scrape with the forefoot: to handle with the paws: to handle roughly: to flatter.—adj. Pawed having paws: broad-footed.
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Examples
- The courser paw'd the ground with restless feet, And snorting foam'd and champ'd the golden bit. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Yet the hand of a man is like the paw of a bear. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- You can't nail his paw to the church, Robert Jordan said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Your slender paw might bring us all out. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Gudrun quivered at the sight of the wrapped up paw. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The cat reached forward again and put his fine white paw on the edge of the saucer. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- And so the Winged Lion of St. Mark, with the open Bible under his paw, is a favorite emblem in the grand old city. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The weight of old Sabor was immense, and when she braced her huge paws nothing less than Tantor, the elephant, himself, could have budged her. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- He planted his two paws on the edge of the table and bent his gracious young head to drink. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She would sit up there, with her paws curved under her breast, and sleep in the sun half the afternoon. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Then he heaved a sigh and dropped his head resignedly upon his paws. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Her stealthy paws tread the very hall Where Snowball used to play, But she only spits at the dogs our pet So gallantly drove away. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- She convoyed Donne past his dread enemy Tartar, who, with his nose on his fore paws, lay snoring under the meridian sun. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She could hear the great padded paws upon the ground outside. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Captain Crawley of the Life Guards rode up from Knightsbridge Barracks the next day; his black charger pawed the straw before his invalid aunt's door. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Then the squirrel crossed to another tree, moving on the ground in long, small-pawed, tail-exaggerated bounds. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
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