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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped;

2. the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb;
- Example: "he had the hands of a surgeon"
- Example: "he extended his mitt"
[syn: hand, manus, mitt, paw]


VERB (2)

1. scrape with the paws;
- Example: "The bear pawed the door"

2. touch clumsily;
- Example: "The man tried to paw her"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Paw \Paw\ (p[add]), n. [OE. pawe, poue, OF. poe: cf. patte, LG. pote, D. poot, G. pfote.] 1. The foot of a quadruped having claws, as the lion, dog, cat, etc. [1913 Webster] 2. The hand. [Jocose] --Dryden. [1913 Webster] Paw clam (Zool.), the tridacna; -- so called because shaped like an animal's paw. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Paw \Paw\, v. i. To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot. --Job xxxix. 21. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Paw \Paw\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pawed; p. pr. & vb. n. Pawing.] 1. To pass the paw over; to stroke or handle with the paws; hence, to handle fondly or rudely. [1913 Webster] 2. To scrape or beat with the forefoot. [1913 Webster] His hot courser pawed the Hungarian plane. --Tickell. [1913 Webster]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

78 Moby Thesaurus words for "paw": arch, bad, claws, clubfoot, clutches, coarse, come in contact, digit, digits, dirty, dog, extremity, fangs, feel, feel of, fetlock, filthy, finger, fingernails, fingers, flick, foot, forefoot, forepaw, foul, handle, hands, harefoot, heel, hoof, hooks, ill-behaved, indecent, instep, jaws, mandibles, manipulate, maxillae, meathooks, misbehaving, mischievous, mitts, nails, nasty, nippers, pad, palm, palpate, pastern, patte, pedal extremity, pedes, pes, pied, pincers, ply, poke at, pounces, prod, pug, raunchy, smutty, sole, splayfoot, talons, tap, teeth, thumb, toe, tootsy, touch, trotter, twiddle, unguals, ungula, ungulae, vulgar, wield