| NOUN | animal | claw | sharp curved horny process on the toe of a bird or some mammals or reptiles |
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| artifact | claw, hook | a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something | |
| animal | claw, chela, nipper, pincer | a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods | |
| animal | claw | a bird's foot | |
| VERB | motion | claw | move as if by clawing, seizing, or digging |
| contact | claw | clutch as if in panic | |
| contact | claw | scratch, scrape, pull, or dig with claws or nails | |
| communication | claw | attack as if with claws |
| Sounds | klao' | |
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| Rhymes | bylaw ... Wroclaw: 8 rhymes with lao... | |
| Meaning | sharp curved horny process on the toe of a bird or some mammals or reptiles. | |
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| Narrower | bear claw | claw of a bear |
| talon | A sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey | |
| Broader | horny structure, unguis | Any rigid body structure composed primarily of keratin |
| Spanish | garra, uña | |
| Catalan | garra, urpa | |
| Adjectives | ungual | of or relating to a nail or claw or hoof |
| Verbs | claw | scratch, scrape, pull, or dig with claws or nails |
| Meaning | A mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something. | |
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| Synonym | hook | |
| Part of | coat hanger, clothes hanger, dress hanger | A hanger that is shaped like a person's shoulders and used to hang garments on |
| grapnel, grapple, grappler, grappling hook, grappling iron | A tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding | |
| Narrower | anchor, ground tackle | A mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving |
| pothook | An S-shaped hook to suspend a pot over a fire | |
| tenterhook | One of a series of hooks used to hold cloth on a tenter | |
| Broader | mechanical device | mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles |
| Spanish | gancho, garfio, garra | |
| Catalan | ganxo, garfi, garra | |
| Meaning | A grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods. | |
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| Synonyms | chela, nipper, pincer | |
| Part of | crustacean | Any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton |
| Broader | extremity, appendage, member | An external body part that projects from the body |
| Spanish | pinza | |
| Catalan | pinça | |
| Verbs | claw | scratch, scrape, pull, or dig with claws or nails |
| Meaning | A bird's foot. | |
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| Broader | bird's foot | The foot of a bird |
| Verbs | claw | scratch, scrape, pull, or dig with claws or nails |
| Meaning | Move as if by clawing, seizing, or digging. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "They clawed their way to the top of the mountain" | |
| Broader | make, work | proceed along a path |
| Spanish | arañar, garrar, trepar | |
| Meaning | Clutch as if in panic. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "She clawed the doorknob" | |
| Broader | seize, prehend, clutch | take hold of |
| Spanish | agarrar | |
| Meaning | scratch, scrape, pull, or dig with claws or nails. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Narrower | clapperclaw | claw with the nails |
| Broader | scratch, scrape, scratch up | cut the surface of |
| Spanish | arañar | |
| Catalan | arpar, esgarrapar, unglejar | |
| Nouns | claw | sharp curved horny process on the toe of a bird or some mammals or reptiles |
| claw | a bird's foot | |
| claw | a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods | |
| Meaning | attack as if with claws. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The politician clawed his rival" | |
| Broader | attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault | attack in speech or writing |
| Spanish | despedazar | |
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