Synonyms:
claw
Meaning: sharp curved horny process on the toe of a bird or some mammals or reptiles
Synonyms:
hook, claw
Meaning: a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something
Synonyms:
claw, chela, nipper, pincer
Meaning: a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
claw
Meaning: move as if by clawing, seizing, or digging; "They clawed their way to the top of the mountain"
Synonyms:
claw
Meaning: clutch as if in panic; "She clawed the doorknob"
Usage examples
He had once been caught by the tip of one claw in an otter-trap.
The Phoenix took the screw driver in one claw and flew up to the top of the pole.
The world of claw and fang and fist and club has passed away--so say the somnambulists.
It fluffed up its splendid feathers, and stood first on one gilded claw and then on the other, and at last it said--
A present of coal stock by a mine operator to a railroad official is not a claw rip to the bowels of a rival mine operator.
The live wood came at Guthrum, On foot and claw and wing, The nests were noisy overhead, For Alfred and the star of red, All life went forth, and the forest fled Before the face of the King.
For a long time it has patiently followed the battle through its feelers, and hoped that some morsel would fall to its hungry stomach; now, with gratitude to Providence, it closes its great claw upon the warm-blooded fisher.
And Tito was feeling intensely at this moment that no devices could save him from pain in the impending collision with Romola; no persuasive blandness could cushion him against the shock towards which he was being driven like a timid animal urged to a desperate leap by the terror of the tooth and the claw that are close behind it.