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View usage for: (pɔː) Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense paws, present participle pawing, past tense, past participle pawed1. countable noun [oft with poss]The paws of an animal such as a cat, dog, or bear are its feet, which have claws for gripping things and soft pads for walking on. The kitten was black with white front paws and a white splotch on her chest. He removes a thorn from a lion's paw. 2. countable noun [oft poss NOUN, adjective NOUN]You can describe someone's hand as their paw, especially if it is very large or if they are very clumsy. [mainly humorous, informal] He shook Keaton's hand with his big paw. Synonyms: hand, palm, mitt [slang] More Synonyms of paw 3. verbIf an animal paws something, it draws its foot over it or down it. Madigan's horse pawed the ground. [VERB noun] The dogs continued to paw and claw frantically at the chain mesh. [VERB + at] 4. verbIf one person paws another, they touch or stroke them in a way that the other person finds offensive. [disapproval] Stop pawing me, Giles! [VERB noun] He pawed at my jacket with his free hand. [VERB + at] More Synonyms of paw (pɔː) noun1. any of the feet of a four-legged mammal, bearing claws or nails 2. informal a hand, esp one that is large, clumsy, etc verb3. to scrape or contaminate with the paws or feet 4. (transitive) informal to touch or caress in a clumsy, rough, or overfamiliar manner; maul Word origin C13: via Old French from Germanic; related to Middle Dutch pōte, German Pfotepaw in American English 1 (pɔ) noun1. the foot of a four-footed animal having claws verb transitive, verb intransitive3. to touch, dig, hit, strike out (at), etc. with the paws or feet a horse pawing the air 4. a. to handle clumsily or roughly she pawed angrily through the papers on her desk b. to caress in too familiar a way Derived forms pawer (ˈpawer) noun Word origin ME paue < OFr poue < Frank * pauta, a paw (< pre-Celt * pauta) > Ger pfotepaw in American English 2 (pɔ) noun Dialectal pa; papa; father Examples of 'paw' in a sentencepaw British English: paw / pɔː/ NOUN The paws of an animal such as a cat, dog, or bear are its feet. The kitten was black with white front paws. - American English: paw
- Arabic: كَفُّ الْـحَيَوَانِ
- Brazilian Portuguese: pata animal
- Chinese: 爪
- Croatian: šapa
- Czech: tlapa
- Danish: pote
- Dutch: klauw
- European Spanish: zarpa
- Finnish: käpälä
- French: patte
- German: Pfote
- Greek: πατούσα
- Italian: zampa
- Japanese: 動物の足
- Korean: 동물의 발
- Norwegian: pote
- Polish: łapa
- European Portuguese: pata animal
- Romanian: labă
- Russian: лапа
- Latin American Spanish: pata pie y pierna de los animales
- Swedish: tass
- Thai: อุ้งเท้า
- Turkish: pençe
- Ukrainian: лапа
- Vietnamese: chân động vật
Chinese translation of 'paw' n (c) - [of cat, dog, lion, bear]
爪子 (zhuǎzi) (个(個), gè)
vt - (with paw) (also paw at)
抓挠(撓) (zhuānáo) - (with hoof)
扒 (bā) - (pej, = touch)
粗鲁(魯)地摸弄 (cūlǔ de mōnòng)
Definition a hand He shook her hand with his big paw. Definition to touch or caress (someone) in a rough or overfamiliar manner The couple pawed and kissed each other. Additional synonymsDefinition to handle roughly or clumsily The troops were severely mauled before evacuating the island. Synonyms ill-treat, beat, abuse, batter, thrash, beat up (informal), molest, work over (slang), pummel, manhandle, rough up, handle roughly, knock about or around, beat or knock seven bells out of (informal) Definition to accost or attack someone, esp. a woman or child, with the intention of assaulting her or him sexually He was accused of sexually molesting a colleague. Synonyms abuse, attack, hurt, injure, harm, interfere with, assail, accost, manhandle, ill-treat, maltreatDefinition the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers I wiped my sweaty palm. Synonyms hand, hook, paw (informal), mitt (slang), meathook (slang) - pave
- pave the way for something or someone
- pavement
- paw
- pawn
- pay
- pay for something
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