paws

the feet of animals; to scrape with paws: The dog always paws the door to get in.
Not to be confused with:pause – suspension; interruption; a temporary stop: Put the tape on pause.; a momentary hesitation: He paused frequently during his speech to wait for the applause.

paw

P0123800 (pô)n.1. The foot of an animal, especially a quadruped, that has claws or nails.2. Informal A human hand, especially a large clumsy one: "Lennie dabbled his big paw in the water" (John Steinbeck).v. pawed, paw·ing, paws v.tr.1. To feel or strike with the paw or paws.2. To strike or scrape with a beating motion: The bull pawed the ground before charging.3. a. To touch or handle clumsily or roughly.b. To feel or touch (another) in an annoying or unwanted way. See Synonyms at touch.v.intr.1. To scrape the ground with the forefeet: The horse pawed restlessly.2. To handle someone or something clumsily, rudely, or with too much familiarity: Don't paw at everything you see.

[Middle English pawe, from Old French powe.]

paw′er n.

PAWS

Acronym	Definition
PAWS➣Progressive Animal Welfare Society
PAWS➣Performing Animal Welfare Society
PAWS➣Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society (Pennsylvania)
PAWS➣Pets Are Wonderful Support
PAWS➣People for Animal Welfare Society
PAWS➣Praise and Worship Service
PAWS➣Philippine Animal Welfare Society
PAWS➣Panther Access to Web Services
PAWS➣Protection Against Wrapping Sequence
PAWS➣Pets Are Worth Saving
PAWS➣Panhandle Animal Welfare Society (Florida)
PAWS➣Phased Array Warning System
PAWS➣Pet Animal Welfare Statute
PAWS➣Planted Ancient Woodland Site (UK)
PAWS➣Plantation on Ancient Woodland Site (ecology)
PAWS➣Post Acute Withdrawal Syndrome
PAWS➣Public Awareness of Science
PAWS➣Proficiency Assessment for Wyoming Students
PAWS➣Partners Advancing West Islip Students (West Islip, NY)
PAWS➣Processes with Adaptive Web Services
PAWS➣Preservation of Animal Welfare and Safety
PAWS➣Protect Against Wrapped Sequence Numbers
PAWS➣Petroleum and Water Systems
PAWS➣Protecting Animal Welfare Society
PAWS➣Promoting Awesome Watershed Stewardship
PAWS➣Parallel Assessment Window System
PAWS➣Professional ATLAS (Abbreviated Test Language for All Systems) Work Station (TYX Corporation; defense industry)
PAWS➣Puppies Achieving Worthy Service
PAWS➣Passive Airborne Warning System
PAWS➣Pets and Animals Welfare Society
PAWS➣Pets As Willing Servants
PAWS➣Pan Am World Services
PAWS➣Psychological Abuse Warriors and Survivors
PAWS➣Pennsylvania Animal and Wildlife Service
PAWS➣Pullman Against Wal-Mart Supercenter
PAWS➣Parents Assisting with Students (mentoring program)
PAWS➣Peoples Alliance for Wildlife Survival, Inc.
PAWS➣Phone and Web Services (University of California, Riverside)
PAWS➣Polar Automatic Weather Station
PAWS➣Portable Analyst Workstation
PAWS➣Put A Web Server
PAWS➣Portable ASAS/ENSCE Workstation
PAWS➣People Are Winners at School (Greendale Middle School, Greendale, WI)