Dictionary Entry
paw
paw is a 3-letter English word with 9 senses as noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The foot of a quadruped having claws, as the lion, dog, cat, etc. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
3 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 9 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The foot of a quadruped having claws, as the lion, dog, cat, etc.
- 2noun
The hand.
- 3intransitive verb
To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot.
- 4transitive verb
To pass the paw over; to stroke or handle with the paws; hence, to handle fondly or rudely.
- 5transitive verb
To scrape or beat with the forefoot.
- 6noun
a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped
- 7noun
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
"he had the hands of a surgeon"
"he extended his mitt"
- 8verb
touch clumsily
"The man tried to paw her"
- 9verb
scrape with the paws
"The bear pawed the door"
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