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Definition of paw in English: pawnoun pɔːpɔ 1An animal's foot having claws and pads. Example sentencesExamples - Nontoxic ink was applied to the front and hind paws of each animal to allow for later analysis of locomotor activity.
- The river has chiselled the mountain face, making it resemble a lion's paw.
- Suddenly he sat down and started licking his paws, a portrait of innocence.
- After the terrier cornered the rat, all Padlin saw was a commotion of claws, paws, and teeth.
- The bear's expression darkened as he grumpily stood up on all four paws.
- The animal left a large paw print in mud near houses at Beaumont Chase yesterday afternoon.
- Poachers also sell bear paws as food and fur for clothing or rugs.
- The dog had placed both front paws on her shoulders, knocking her down onto the grass of Hamilton Park.
- An irritant was injected into the left hind paw of the pups to induce swelling.
- With a grimace, Olivia glares down at her suit jacket, rubbing the wet paw marks.
- I picked her up and, sure enough, all four paws were wet.
- A white cat with bright eyes was curled upon the doorstep, meticulously licking its little paws.
- Once, I heard something scuffling inside one of the forbidden rooms, as if a cat or other animal was scratching their paws over the walls.
- Access to water is always recommended, as is staying off the asphalt, which can burn an animal's paws.
- Ian remembered him best lying in his basket beneath the kitchen table, paws clawing sleepily at his pale blue blanket.
- The feet of the throne are modeled after large catlike paws without claws.
- The cat looked up from its toys and stretched out its paws to claw at the ragged arm of an old chair.
- The pads on the lions' paws make very comfortable velvet cushions for them to rest their heads on.
- The mastiff began licking its paw, not taking its eyes from us.
- She strode up to the cat's right front paw, and began to stroke it.
Synonyms foot, pad forepaw, hind paw - 1.1informal A person's hand.
the Internet is the easiest way to get your paws on mucky pictures Example sentencesExamples - Want to stop boosters from getting their greasy, grubby paws on the game?
- 'Get your filthy paws off her,' I think as anger sweeps through my body but it is shortly replaced with a desire.
- At once he stepped forward to proffer his filthy paw.
- The filthy maggot has his paws all over her prized weapon!
- Jimmy dropped his rifle and held his paws over his ears as he rolled around on the grass.
- He wanted to pluck it from the man's paw - he even pictured himself doing it - but his limbs refused to propel him towards it.
- You opened up the fridge and pulled out every piece of meat you can get your little paws on.
- Her paws were tied palm to palm, with not only a rope around her wrist, but with string binding finger to finger as well.
- Get your filthy little paws on CD-ROMs featuring these sirens of British media culture.
- Don't just read a recipe book, read as many books as you can get your grubby paws on.
verb pɔːpɔ [with object]1(of an animal) feel or scrape with a paw or hoof. the horse rose up, its forelegs pawing the air no object young dogs may paw at the floor and whine Example sentencesExamples - The units are smoothly animated both in combat and when just standing around, as horses paw the ground and archers play with their bows.
- The bull pawed the ground and tossed his mighty horns.
- The horse snorted, pawing the loosely packed dirt in the stable aisle.
- Horses pawed the ground anxiously as the warriors gathered.
- Silverwing looked away, her hooves pawing nervously at the ground.
- The glorious creature pawed the ground with it's silver hooves and snorted deep of the cold air.
- A magnificent white stallion reared, hooves pawing at the air as it tossed its brilliant white mane and landed gently on the grass beneath its feet.
- She fell backwards, laughing hysterically as the kittens pawed at her nose and tugged on her hair.
- Kat peaked through her closed eye lids to see a little black kitten pawing at her feet.
- Jonah saw several of the creatures pawing at the air and shaking their heads.
- Her whole body is shaking in anger, and reminds me of a bull pawing the ground before it charges.
- She faced it as it began to paw at the ground and lower its head to charge.
- The blood bay stallion was pawing through the snow to the little thatches of dead grass below.
- She reared, pawing at the air, and slammed her hooves to earth, panting.
- Two fine, brown horses anxiously pawed at the cobblestone as Julius lent his hand to help me in.
- Juno looked around and saw that Riddle was right, for the two horses were pawing at the ground in agitation.
- Mesa cringed, as the strong creature pawed the water and rocks nervously.
- He looked about through the chilled air, pawing at the moist earth beneath him.
- The kitten merely pawed at his chest, trying to find the source of the rumbling.
Synonyms poke, handle carelessly, handle clumsily, handle roughly, finger, thumb, pull, grab, maul, manhandle, mangle, mess up - 1.1informal (of a person) touch or handle clumsily or lasciviously.
some overweight Casanova had tried to paw her Example sentencesExamples - I didn't stop pawing through my bag in search of Kleenex but looked up from my seat on the bench.
- Kassa sat on the sofa nervously twiddling her thumbs; Vlad sat beside her lazily pawing her hair.
- She zipped open the duffel bag, pawing through it.
- Little grubby children rushed past her, pawing her dress, of which they had never seen such quality.
- Back at my desk, I slowly pawed through all of my belongings.
- He was pawing playfully with one of her dangly earrings.
- I was slowly going mad with joy and trying my best to keep looking normal, pawing a CD every now and then.
- We drive into town quick for something and return to find neighbors pawing through the stuff, thinking it was a yard sale.
- I wanted something aggressive; I began pawing through my CDs.
- Yes, I'm aware they are online but I like to go in and paw the merchandise.
- She was pawing at the camera and seemed oblivious to it all.
- Left alone for a moment in her room, I quickly pawed through the perfume bottles on her glass-and-gilt vanity tray, eager to see what the other half was spritzing.
- I wander round looking like a lost child pawing things for a while, and then panic and pick up something which neither fits nor suits me.
- We killed time here and there, and I found myself in a store pawing through the sale shirts.
- Desdemona locks it, then begins pawing the mirror.
- I'm there often, greedily pawing their goods, and adding things constantly to my wish list.
- This morning I was pawing through my jumbled collection of socks, looking for a match to an olive one I had already plucked from the drawer.
- Before I left the house today, I pawed through a box for some old unused show prep from the Diner days.
- I wasn't about to let people go around pawing a holy artifact like it was just any old piece of junk.
- Now all three of my best friends are pawing through my underwear.
Synonyms poke, handle roughly/carelessly/clumsily, finger, thumb, pull, grab, maul, manhandle, mangle, mess up fondle, feel, maul, molest informal grope, feel up, touch up, goose
Origin Middle English: from Old French poue, probably of Germanic origin and related to Dutch poot. Rhymes abhor, adore, afore, anymore, ashore, awe, bandore, Bangalore, before, boar, Boer, bore, caw, chore, claw, cocksure, comprador, cor, core, corps, craw, Delors, deplore, door, draw, drawer, evermore, explore, flaw, floor, for, forbore, fore, foresaw, forevermore, forswore, four, fourscore, furthermore, Gábor, galore, gnaw, gore, grantor, guarantor, guffaw, hard-core, Haugh, haw, hoar, ignore, implore, Indore, interwar, jaw, Johor, Lahore, law, lessor, lor, lore, macaw, man-o'-war, maw, mirador, mor, more, mortgagor, Mysore, nevermore, nor, oar, obligor, offshore, onshore, open-jaw, or, ore, outdoor, outwore, poor, pore, pour, rapport, raw, roar, saw, scaur, score, senhor, señor, shaw, ship-to-shore, shop-floor, shore, signor, Singapore, snore, soar, softcore, sore, spore, store, straw, swore, Tagore, tau, taw, thaw, Thor, threescore, tor, tore, torr, trapdoor, tug-of-war, two-by-four, underfloor, underscore, war, warrantor, Waugh, whore, withdraw, wore, yaw, yore, your Definition of paw in US English: pawnounpôpɔ 1An animal's foot having claws and pads. Example sentencesExamples - Suddenly he sat down and started licking his paws, a portrait of innocence.
- The bear's expression darkened as he grumpily stood up on all four paws.
- After the terrier cornered the rat, all Padlin saw was a commotion of claws, paws, and teeth.
- The pads on the lions' paws make very comfortable velvet cushions for them to rest their heads on.
- Ian remembered him best lying in his basket beneath the kitchen table, paws clawing sleepily at his pale blue blanket.
- The feet of the throne are modeled after large catlike paws without claws.
- The dog had placed both front paws on her shoulders, knocking her down onto the grass of Hamilton Park.
- With a grimace, Olivia glares down at her suit jacket, rubbing the wet paw marks.
- Poachers also sell bear paws as food and fur for clothing or rugs.
- The animal left a large paw print in mud near houses at Beaumont Chase yesterday afternoon.
- I picked her up and, sure enough, all four paws were wet.
- The river has chiselled the mountain face, making it resemble a lion's paw.
- An irritant was injected into the left hind paw of the pups to induce swelling.
- The cat looked up from its toys and stretched out its paws to claw at the ragged arm of an old chair.
- Access to water is always recommended, as is staying off the asphalt, which can burn an animal's paws.
- The mastiff began licking its paw, not taking its eyes from us.
- A white cat with bright eyes was curled upon the doorstep, meticulously licking its little paws.
- She strode up to the cat's right front paw, and began to stroke it.
- Once, I heard something scuffling inside one of the forbidden rooms, as if a cat or other animal was scratching their paws over the walls.
- Nontoxic ink was applied to the front and hind paws of each animal to allow for later analysis of locomotor activity.
- 1.1informal A person's hand.
touch her with your filthy paws and I'll ram my fist into your face Example sentencesExamples - The filthy maggot has his paws all over her prized weapon!
- Her paws were tied palm to palm, with not only a rope around her wrist, but with string binding finger to finger as well.
- At once he stepped forward to proffer his filthy paw.
- He wanted to pluck it from the man's paw - he even pictured himself doing it - but his limbs refused to propel him towards it.
- You opened up the fridge and pulled out every piece of meat you can get your little paws on.
- Jimmy dropped his rifle and held his paws over his ears as he rolled around on the grass.
- Get your filthy little paws on CD-ROMs featuring these sirens of British media culture.
- Want to stop boosters from getting their greasy, grubby paws on the game?
- Don't just read a recipe book, read as many books as you can get your grubby paws on.
- 'Get your filthy paws off her,' I think as anger sweeps through my body but it is shortly replaced with a desire.
verbpôpɔ [with object]1(of an animal) feel or scrape with a paw or hoof. the horse rose on its strong haunches, its forelegs pawing the air no object young dogs may paw at the floor and whine Example sentencesExamples - Mesa cringed, as the strong creature pawed the water and rocks nervously.
- Kat peaked through her closed eye lids to see a little black kitten pawing at her feet.
- Two fine, brown horses anxiously pawed at the cobblestone as Julius lent his hand to help me in.
- He looked about through the chilled air, pawing at the moist earth beneath him.
- The horse snorted, pawing the loosely packed dirt in the stable aisle.
- A magnificent white stallion reared, hooves pawing at the air as it tossed its brilliant white mane and landed gently on the grass beneath its feet.
- The glorious creature pawed the ground with it's silver hooves and snorted deep of the cold air.
- She reared, pawing at the air, and slammed her hooves to earth, panting.
- Her whole body is shaking in anger, and reminds me of a bull pawing the ground before it charges.
- She faced it as it began to paw at the ground and lower its head to charge.
- The units are smoothly animated both in combat and when just standing around, as horses paw the ground and archers play with their bows.
- The blood bay stallion was pawing through the snow to the little thatches of dead grass below.
- The bull pawed the ground and tossed his mighty horns.
- She fell backwards, laughing hysterically as the kittens pawed at her nose and tugged on her hair.
- The kitten merely pawed at his chest, trying to find the source of the rumbling.
- Silverwing looked away, her hooves pawing nervously at the ground.
- Jonah saw several of the creatures pawing at the air and shaking their heads.
- Horses pawed the ground anxiously as the warriors gathered.
- Juno looked around and saw that Riddle was right, for the two horses were pawing at the ground in agitation.
Synonyms poke, handle carelessly, handle clumsily, handle roughly, finger, thumb, pull, grab, maul, manhandle, mangle, mess up - 1.1informal (of a person) touch or handle clumsily or lasciviously.
some overweight, ugly Casanova had tried to paw her Example sentencesExamples - She zipped open the duffel bag, pawing through it.
- She was pawing at the camera and seemed oblivious to it all.
- He was pawing playfully with one of her dangly earrings.
- Little grubby children rushed past her, pawing her dress, of which they had never seen such quality.
- I wasn't about to let people go around pawing a holy artifact like it was just any old piece of junk.
- Back at my desk, I slowly pawed through all of my belongings.
- We drive into town quick for something and return to find neighbors pawing through the stuff, thinking it was a yard sale.
- This morning I was pawing through my jumbled collection of socks, looking for a match to an olive one I had already plucked from the drawer.
- I'm there often, greedily pawing their goods, and adding things constantly to my wish list.
- I didn't stop pawing through my bag in search of Kleenex but looked up from my seat on the bench.
- I wanted something aggressive; I began pawing through my CDs.
- Kassa sat on the sofa nervously twiddling her thumbs; Vlad sat beside her lazily pawing her hair.
- Yes, I'm aware they are online but I like to go in and paw the merchandise.
- I was slowly going mad with joy and trying my best to keep looking normal, pawing a CD every now and then.
- Before I left the house today, I pawed through a box for some old unused show prep from the Diner days.
- I wander round looking like a lost child pawing things for a while, and then panic and pick up something which neither fits nor suits me.
- Now all three of my best friends are pawing through my underwear.
- Desdemona locks it, then begins pawing the mirror.
- We killed time here and there, and I found myself in a store pawing through the sale shirts.
- Left alone for a moment in her room, I quickly pawed through the perfume bottles on her glass-and-gilt vanity tray, eager to see what the other half was spritzing.
Synonyms poke, handle carelessly, handle clumsily, handle roughly, finger, thumb, pull, grab, maul, manhandle, mangle, mess up fondle, feel, maul, molest
Origin Middle English: from Old French poue, probably of Germanic origin and related to Dutch poot. |