Claw

Noun

 * 1) A curved, pointed horny nail on each digit of the foot of a mammal, reptile, or bird.
 * 2) A foot equipped with such.
 * 3) The pincer of a crustacean or other arthropod.
 * 4) A mechanical device resembling a claw, used for gripping or lifting.
 * 5)  The act of catching a ball overhand.

Verb

 * 1) To scratch or to tear at.
 * 2) To use the claws to seize, to grip.
 * 3) To use the claws to climb.

Adjectives for Claw
grimy; hooded; bloody; scarifying; holy; ominous; nipping; powerful; burrowing; slimy; acute; prehensile; scaly; sheathed; quivering; dirt-encrusted; feeble; invisible.

Verbs for Claw
arm with—s; clip—s; clutch in—s; grapple with—s; grasp in—s; grip in—s; hook in—s; lay hold with—s; pare—; seize in—; sharpen—s; snip off—s; strike with—s; try—s on; —s flash by; —s lacerate; —s miss; —s rend; —s rip; —s scrape; —s scratch; —s snatch; —s tear.

Adverbs for Claw
wildly; fiercely; bloodily; ominously; feebly; voraciously; hungrily; viciously; hatefully; fiendishly; frantically; frightfully; sadistically.

Derived terms

 * claw hammer
 * get one's claws into

Thesaurus
abrade, agonize, bark, blemish, bloody, break, burn, carry off, catch, chafe, check, chip, convulse, crack, craze, crucify, cut, excruciate, fracture, fray, frazzle, fret, gall, gash, grab, grapple, harrow, hurt, impale, incise, injure, kidnap, kill by inches, lacerate, lancinate, macerate, maim, make mincemeat of, martyr, martyrize, maul, mutilate, nail, pierce, puncture, punish, rack, rake, rend, rip, run, rupture, savage, scald, scarify, scorch, scotch, scrabble, scrape, scratch, scuff, shanghai, skin, slash, slit, sprain, stab, stick, strain, talon, tear, throttle, torment, torture, traumatize, wound, wrench, wring

Etymology
clawe:, from clawu:.

Noun

 * Bosnian: ,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (zhuǎ)
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: küünis
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German: ,
 * Greek: (nýchi)
 * Hindi: पञ्जा (pa.njā), पंजा (pa.njā)
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Irish: crúb


 * Italian:
 * Kurdish: ,
 * Luxembourgish: Klo, Krall
 * Marathi: पंजा
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic:, чапорак чапорац
 * Roman:, , čaporak, čaporac
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: pangalmot
 * West Frisian: ,


 * Polish:


 * Scottish Gaelic:


 * Bulgarian: щипка
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (qián)
 * Danish: klosaks
 * Estonian: sõrg
 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: crúb
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: клешня
 * Slovene:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (qián zi)
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Greifer


 * Hindi: पाना, पकड
 * Irish:
 * Italian:, piede di porco
 * Marathi: पाना, पकड
 * Polish: kleszcze, szczypce
 * Russian: тиски


 * : kthetër
 * : urpa
 * : ungo
 * : klógv
 * : spòg
 * : טֹפֶר
 * : cakar
 * : artiglio, unghia, pinza, zampa, branca
 * : 爪 (つめ) (tsume)
 * : 爪 (つめ) (tsume)


 * : 발톱 (baltop)
 * : nags
 * : nagas
 * : kloa
 * : clawu, clea
 * : pata
 * : gheară, cleşte
 * : farrànca, ungra, ungredda
 * : čeľusť, dráp
 * : garra
 * : kucha
 * : kuko
 * : (grong lép)
 * : pençe
 * : кіготь (kígot')
 * : (panja)
 * : (bemelchek)
 * : vuốt, càng
 * : crafanc, ewin
 * : (krel)
 * : (krel)

Verb

 * Czech:
 * Danish:, ,
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: küünistama
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: kratzen, zerkratzen


 * Greek: νυχιάζω (nychiázo)
 * Hungarian: karmol
 * Italian:, ,
 * Polish: drapać
 * Romanian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:


 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish: ottaa kynsiinsä


 * French: s'agripper
 * German: klammern, krallen
 * Italian:


 * Czech: se
 * Danish: slå en klo i


 * Finnish: kiivetä kynsiensä avulla
 * Italian: