Claw

Quick meaning: Claw is a noun meaning A curved, pointed, horny projection on each digit of the foot of a mammal, reptile, or bird.

Meaning

A curved, pointed, horny projection on each digit of the foot of a mammal, reptile, or bird.

More Meanings

1. A foot equipped with such.
2. The pincer (chela) of a crustacean or other arthropod.
3. A mechanical device resembling a claw, used for gripping or lifting.
4. (colloquial) A human fingernail, particularly one extending well beyond the fingertip.
5. (botany) A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, such as the base of petals of the pink.
6. (juggling) The act of catching a ball overhand.
7. (graph theory) A tree with one internal vertex and three leaves.

Example Sentences

a narrow base, as the petals of a Rose, where the claw is very short

De Gea was United's hero again within seconds of Hernandez's equaliser, diving to his left to claw away Dirk Kuyt's shot as he got on the end of a superb cross from Stewart Downing.

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Using her hands like windshield wipers, she tried to flick snow away from her mouth. When she clawed at her chest and neck, the crumbs maddeningly slid back onto her face. She grew claustrophobic.

Word Forms

• claws
• clawing
• clawed

Synonyms for claw

Depending on context, synonyms include fang, hook, unguis, pincer, chela, nipper.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include unguis, chela, pincer, nipper, hook, paw.

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