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Claw   /klɔ/   Listen
Claw

noun
1.
Sharp curved horny process on the toe of a bird or some mammals or reptiles.
2.
A mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something.  Synonym: hook.
3.
A grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods.  Synonyms: chela, nipper, pincer.
4.
A bird's foot.
verb
(past & past part. clawed; pres. part. clawing)
1.
Move as if by clawing, seizing, or digging.
2.
Clutch as if in panic.
3.
Scratch, scrape, pull, or dig with claws or nails.
4.
Attack as if with claws.



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"Claw" Quotes from Famous Books



... don't claw hold of a body so! Well, at any rate, I'll just let Joe Adams know that we hain't nothing more ...
— The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings • Harriet Beecher Stowe
... other by shouting at the top of our lungs. It was a difficult task to get our little ships safely below this half-mile, but it was finally accomplished, and on we went in search of the next dragon's claw. At our camp the fire in some way got into a pine grove and soon was crackling enough to rival the noise of the rapid. The lower region seemed now to be sending its flames up through the bottom of the gorge and the black smoke rolled into the ...
— The Romance of the Colorado River • Frederick S. Dellenbaugh
... it is not fully established that this species had become extinct long before the appearance of man on the globe, it is at least certain that the man of that early day had not dreamt of flying and was presumably content if he could find other means to evade the pterodactyl's claw. ...
— Scientific American Supplement, Vol. XV., No. 388, June 9, 1883 • Various
... was a smoking streak of phosphorescent light, the match flared for a moment, and he saw a vast wing sweeping towards him, a gleam of grey-brown fur, and then he was struck in the face and the match knocked out of his hand. The blow was aimed at his temple, and a claw tore sideways down to his cheek. He reeled and fell, and he heard the extinguished lantern smash. Another blow followed as he fell. He was partly stunned, he felt his own warm blood stream out upon his face. Instinctively he felt his eyes had been struck at, and, ...
— The Country of the Blind, And Other Stories • H. G. Wells
... is any portion of the earth upon which there are so many deadly struggles as upon the earth around the trunk of a tree. Upon this small arena there are battles fierce and wild; here nature is "red in tooth and claw." When a tree is small and tender, countless insects come to feed upon it. Birds come to it to devour these insects. Around the tree are daily almost merciless fights for existence. These death-struggles occur not only in the daytime, but in the night. Mice, rats, ...
— Wild Life on the Rockies • Enos A. Mills


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