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Definition: Meaning of, claw in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / klɔː /

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claw claws
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  1. a sharp curved nail on an animal, bird, or some insects
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  2. get your claws into somebody if someone gets their claws into another person, they influence them in a harmful way
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  3. get your claws into somebody to say unpleasant things about someone in order to upset them
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  4. the curved end of a tool or machine, used for lifting things
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
claw clawed clawed
Present Participle Third Person Singular
clawing claws
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  1. to tear or pull at something, using claws or your fingers
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  2. claw your way to try very hard to reach a place or position, using a lot of effort and determination
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claw used in phrases

  • bear claw (noun)
    1. American English a PASTRY filled with fruit, that has a row of long cuts across the top
  • cat's-claw (noun)
    1. erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds; West Indies and Florida
  • claw hatchet (noun)
    1. a hatchet that has a cleft for pulling nails
  • claw-shaped (adjective)
    1. shaped like a claw
  • common devil's claw (noun)
    1. annual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak
  • devil's claw (noun)
    1. annual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak
  • sand devil's claw (noun)
    1. alternatively placed in genus Martynia
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claw used in phrasal verbs

  • claw back (phrasal verb)
    1. to get something again that you had lost such as power, especially gradually and with difficulty
    2. if a government or company claws back money after losing it, it gets it again, for example by making people pay higher taxes or charging higher prices
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