What does pawing mean?
Pawing means present participle and gerund of paw.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
present participle and gerund of paw.
Firelight could be seen reflected on the ceiling of the drawing-room. Inside the deep stone porch, the heavy door was scarred by the pawings of many generations of dogs.
Use pawing when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Pawing means present participle and gerund of paw.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Firelight could be seen reflected on the ceiling of the drawing-room. Inside the deep stone porch, the heavy door was scarred by the pawings of many generations of dogs.
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