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- Dictionaryclaw/klô/
noun
- 1. a curved pointed horny nail on each digit of the foot in birds, lizards, and some mammals. Similar
verb
- 1. (of an animal or person) scratch or tear something with the claws or the fingernails: "the kitten was clawing at Lowell's trouser leg"
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an object or tool for picking things up that looks something like the claws of an animal, bird, or insect: An iron claw lifts metal scraps from one pile to another. It was one of those old-fashioned arcade games where you pick up prizes with a mechanical claw. The machine's giant claw ripped the roof off the house like it was paper.
1. : a sharp usually slender and curved nail on the toe of an animal. 2. : any of various sharp curved processes especially at the end of a limb (as of an insect) also : a limb ending in such a process. 3. : one of the pincerlike organs terminating some limbs of various arthropods (such as a lobster or scorpion) 4.
noun. a sharp, usually curved, nail on the foot of an animal, as on a cat, dog, or bird. a similar curved process at the end of the leg of an insect. the pincerlike extremity of specific limbs of certain arthropods: lobster claws. any part or thing resembling a claw, as the cleft end of the head of a hammer.
n. 1. A sharp, curved, horny structure at the end of a toe of a vertebrate animal. 2. a. A chela or similar pincerlike structure on the end of a limb of a crustacean or arachnid. b. One of one or more small curved structures at the tip of an appendage of an invertebrate, especially an insect or other arthropod. c.
To claw at something means to try very hard to get hold of it. His fingers clawed at Blake's wrist. [VERB + at] He stumbled, clawed wildly at the air and fell backwards into the water. [VERB at noun] [ Also VERB noun] 5. verb. If you claw your way somewhere, you move there with great difficulty, trying desperately to find things to hold on to.
CLAW definition: 1. one of the sharp, curved nails on the feet of some animals and birds 2. If a person or animal…. Learn more.
Claw definition, a sharp, usually curved, nail on the foot of an animal, as on a cat, dog, or bird. See more.
