Definition of claw

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Claw (n.) To pull, tear, or scratch with, or as with, claws or nails..

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Scratch :: Scratch (v. t.) To dig or excavate with the claws; as, some animals scratch holes, in which they burrow..
Protract :: Protract (v. t.) To extend; to protrude; as, the cat can protract its claws; -- opposed to retract..
Claw :: Claw (n.) To pull, tear, or scratch with, or as with, claws or nails..
Claw :: Claw (n.) Anything resembling the claw of an animal, as the curved and forked end of a hammer for drawing nails..
Unguis :: Unguis (n.) The slender base of a petal in some flowers; a claw; called also ungula.
Talon :: Talon (n.) The claw of a predaceous bird or animal, especially the claw of a bird of prey..
Falcula :: Falcula (n.) A curved and sharp-pointed claw.
Clawed :: Clawed (imp. & p. p.) of Cla.
Turnkey :: Turnkey (n.) An instrument with a hinged claw, -- used for extracting teeth with a twist..
Crowfoot :: Crowfoot (n.) A tool with a side claw for recovering broken rods, etc..
Claw :: Claw (n.) The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails; the pinchers of a lobster, crab, etc..
Accipiter :: Accipiter (n.) A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk..
Scratch :: Scratch (v. t.) To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough across, as the claws, the nails, a pin, or the like..
Paw :: Paw (n.) The foot of a quadruped having claws, as the lion, dog, cat, etc..
Caryophyllaceous :: Caryophyllaceous (a.) Having corollas of five petals with long claws inclosed in a tubular, calyx, as the pink.
Thecodactyl :: Thecodactyl (n.) Any one of a group of lizards of the Gecko tribe, having the toes broad, and furnished with a groove in which the claws can be concealed..
Retractile :: Retractile (a.) Capable of retraction; capable of being drawn back or up; as, the claws of a cat are retractile..
Caperclaw :: Caperclaw (v. t.) To treat with cruel playfulness, as a cat treats a mouse; to abuse..
Crab :: Crab (a.) A claw for anchoring a portable machine.
Chela :: Chela (n.) The pincherlike claw of Crustacea and Arachnida.
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