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