paw

6 definitions found

paw - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Paw \Paw\ (p[add]), n. [OE. pawe, poue, OF. poe: cf. patte, LG.
     pote, D. poot, G. pfote.]
     1. The foot of a quadruped having claws, as the lion, dog,
        cat, etc.
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     2. The hand. [Jocose] --Dryden.
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     Paw clam (Zool.), the tridacna; -- so called because shaped
        like an animal's paw.
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  Paw \Paw\, v. i.
     To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with
     the forefoot. --Job xxxix. 21.
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  Paw \Paw\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pawed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Pawing.]
     1. To pass the paw over; to stroke or handle with the paws;
        hence, to handle fondly or rudely.
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     2. To scrape or beat with the forefoot.
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              His hot courser pawed the Hungarian plane.
                                                    --Tickell.
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paw - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  paw
      n 1: a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped
      2: the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb; "he had the
         hands of a surgeon"; "he extended his mitt" [syn: hand,
         manus, mitt, paw]
      v 1: scrape with the paws; "The bear pawed the door"
      2: touch clumsily; "The man tried to paw her"

paw - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

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paw - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  78 Moby Thesaurus words for "paw":
     arch, bad, claws, clubfoot, clutches, coarse, come in contact,
     digit, digits, dirty, dog, extremity, fangs, feel, feel of,
     fetlock, filthy, finger, fingernails, fingers, flick, foot,
     forefoot, forepaw, foul, handle, hands, harefoot, heel, hoof,
     hooks, ill-behaved, indecent, instep, jaws, mandibles, manipulate,
     maxillae, meathooks, misbehaving, mischievous, mitts, nails, nasty,
     nippers, pad, palm, palpate, pastern, patte, pedal extremity,
     pedes, pes, pied, pincers, ply, poke at, pounces, prod, pug,
     raunchy, smutty, sole, splayfoot, talons, tap, teeth, thumb, toe,
     tootsy, touch, trotter, twiddle, unguals, ungula, ungulae, vulgar,
     wield