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paw

[ UK /pˈɔː/ ]
[ US /ˈpɔ/ ]
VERB
  1. scrape with the paws
    The bear pawed the door
  2. touch clumsily
    The man tried to paw her
NOUN
  1. the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
    he extended his mitt
    he had the hands of a surgeon
  2. a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped

How To Use paw In A Sentence

  • Annoyingly, the Critical Care was at the bottom of this mug, requiring a little bit of inginuity from Irwin here - namely ramming his paw in and jiggling about a bit. The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
  • The beast was as huge as an aurochs, its glossy midnight mane shining in the sunlight as it pawed the ground restlessly with one forehoof.
  • This rope feature and the lion paw feet, legs, and exaggerated acanthus leaves are very similar to the one at Glin.
  • There are a great many Rook and pawn endgames, reflecting their common occurrence in tournament practice.
  • They are able to sense very minute vibrations in the ground, and feel their way through total darkness with their paws and whiskers.
  • We spent a misty day walking through the forests around Forsmark, where the newly fallen snow held the paw prints of lynx and the big M-shaped hoof marks of moose.
  • Along with the grunion, these are the only marine fish known to fully emerge from water solely for the purpose of spawning.
  • Vermont, far removed from all beasts of prey -- why is it that upon the sunniest day, if you but shake a fresh buffalo robe behind him, so that he cannot even see it, but only smells its wild animal muskiness -- why will he start, snort, and with bursting eyes paw the ground in phrensies of affright? Moby Dick, or, the whale
  • The band's album spawned a string of hit singles.
  • Once a year the up-river migration of the salmon heading for their spawning grounds provides a great feast.
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