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paw  (pô)

n.

1. The foot of an animal, especially a quadruped, that has claws or nails.

2. Informal A human hand, especially a large clumsy one: "Lennie dabbled his big paw in the water" (John Steinbeck).

v. pawed, paw·ing, paws

v.tr.

1. To strike with the paw or paws.

2. To strike or scrape with a beating motion: The bull pawed the ground before charging.

3. To handle clumsily, rudely, or with too much familiarity. See Synonyms at touch.

v.intr.

1. To scrape the ground with the forefeet: The horse pawed restlessly.

2. To handle someone or something clumsily, rudely, or with too much familiarity: Don't paw at everything you see.

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[Middle English pawe, from Old French powe.]

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pawer n.

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paw

Noun

1. a four-legged mammal's foot with claws and pads

2. Informal a hand

Verb

1. to scrape or hit with the paws

2. Informal to touch or caress (someone) in a rough or overfamiliar manner [Germanic]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	paw - a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped canid, canine - any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles felid, feline - any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals, many with retractile claws animal foot, foot - the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings forepaw - front paw; analogous to the human hand pad - the fleshy cushion-like underside of an animal's foot or of a human's finger
	2.	paw - the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb; "he had the hands of a surgeon"; "he extended his mitt" hand, manus, mitt human, human being, homo, man - any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage arteria digitalis, digital arteries - arteries in the hand and foot that supply the fingers and toes arteria metacarpea, metacarpal artery - dorsal and palmar arteries of the hand intercapitular vein, vena intercapitalis - veins connecting the dorsal and palmar veins of the hand or the dorsal and plantar veins of the foot metacarpal vein, vena metacarpus - dorsal and palmar veins of the hand arm - a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb clenched fist, fist - a hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting) hooks, maulers, meat hooks - large strong hand (as of a fighter); "wait till I get my hooks on him" right hand, right - the hand that is on the right side of the body; "he writes with his right hand but pitches with his left"; "hit him with quick rights to the body" left hand, left - the hand that is on the left side of the body; "jab with your left" palm, thenar - the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers finger - any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb); "her fingers were long and thin" extremity - that part of a limb that is farthest from the torso ball - a more or less rounded anatomical body or mass; "the ball at the base of the thumb"; "he stood on the balls of his feet" metacarpus - the part of the hand between the carpus and phalanges
Verb	1.	paw - scrape with the paws; "The bear pawed the door" scrape, grate - scratch repeatedly; "The cat scraped at the armchair"
	2.	paw - touch clumsily; "The man tried to paw her" caress, fondle - touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner; "He caressed her face"; "They fondled in the back seat of the taxi"

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paw (Informal)

verb manhandle, grab, maul, molest, handle roughly

Translations

paw [pɔː] n → pata (= claw); garra

vt [animal] → tocar con la pata;

(pej) (= touch); tocar, manosear

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paw [pɔː] n → patte f

vt → donner un coup de patte à; [person] (pej) → tripoter

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paw [pɔː] n [of cat, dog etc] → Pfote f [of lion, bear etc] → Tatze f, Pranke f

vt (pej) (= touch); betatschen;

to paw the ground [animal] → scharren

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paw [pɔː] n → zampa

vt → dare una zampata a; [person] (pej) → palpare

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paw

n paw [poː]

the foot of an animal with claws or nails The dog had a thorn in its paw. poot مِخْلَب лапа tlapka lab; pote die Pfote πατούσα ζώου pata, garra (gato), zarpa (león) käpp پنجه käpälä patte כַּף רֶגֶל שֶׁל בע”ח पंजा šapa mancs cakar löpp, loppa, hrammur zampa 足 (날카로운 발톱이 있는 동물의) 발 letena ķepa kaki poot labb, pote łapa pata labă лапа lab(k)a šapa šapa tass อุ้งเท้า pençe 腳爪 лапа درندے جانور کا پنجہ chân 脚爪

v

1 (of an animal) to touch, hit etc (usually several times) with a paw or paws The cat was pawing (at) the dead mouse. klou, krap, skrop يَضْرب او يَلْمس الأرْض بِمَخالبِه драскам с лапа sekat tlapou (po) daske betätscheln αγγίζω με το πόδι tocar con la pata, dar zarpazos käpaga puudutama با پنجه زدن tuuppia käpälällään donner des coups de patte à לִנגוֹעַ/לִשרוֹט בְּרַגלוֹ पंजा मारना grubo pipati,grepsti (šapom) mancsát ráteszi mencakar slá til (e-s) með loppu dare zampate 足でかく (동물이) 발로 할퀴다, 발로 긁다 grabalioti, grabinėti, draskyti/suduoti letena aiztikt/grābt ar ķepu mencakar klauwen klå, krafse uderzać łapą dar patadas a lovi cu laba трогать, ударять лапой drapkať labkou (po) udariti s šapo udarati šapom röra vid med tassen (tassarna) ตะกุย pençe vurmak 抓 скребти лапою پنجہ مارنا cào 抓

2 (of an animal) to hit (the ground, usually several times) with a hoof, usually a front hoof The horse pawed (at) the ground. kap, skop يَضْربُ الأرْض بِحَوافِرِه рия hrabat kopyty skrabe scharren χτυπώ με οπλή piafar maad kaapima سم مالیدن kuopia piaffer לִנגוֹעַ בְּרַגלוֹ टाप से कुरेदना, टाप मारना, खूंदना konj kopka kopitom kapálja a földet menggaruk-garuk krafsa scalpitare 足でける (동물이) 앞발로 (땅을) 차다 kasti kanopa kārpīt (zemi) menghentak-hentak kakinya ke stampen skrape, stampe grzebać nogą escarvar a lovi cu copita бить копытом hrabať kopytami grebsti udarati šapom skrapa med hoven ตะปบ eşelemek (用腳爪)扒 бити копитом کھر سے مارنا gõ chân xuống đất （用脚爪）扒