What (who) is paw - definition
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PAW; PAWS; PAW (disambiguation); Paws (mascot)
paw
![American brown bear]]'s paws.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Brown Bear Paws.jpg?width=200 "American brown bear]]'s paws.")
![A [[polar bear]]'s paws.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eisbaer hintertatze-3.jpg?width=200 "A [[polar bear]]'s paws.")
![A [[dog]]'s paw resting on a hard concrete surface](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DogDewClawTika1 wb.jpg?width=200 "A [[dog]]'s paw resting on a hard concrete surface")
![A [[wolf]]'s paws](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wolf Paws (6798208076).jpg?width=200 "A [[wolf]]'s paws")
![A [[tiger]]'s paw, showing pads](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Panthera tigris11.jpg?width=200 "A [[tiger]]'s paw, showing pads")
![A [[cat]]'s paw, showing pads.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cat foot (10225182346).jpg?width=200 "A [[cat]]'s paw, showing pads.")
 (18195201631).jpg?width=200 "Structures of the paw of a cat.")
![A [[rabbit's foot]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rabbitsfoot.jpg?width=200 "A [[rabbit's foot]].")
![The hind paws of a [[Japanese hare]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lepus brachyurus (hind legs).jpg?width=200 "The hind paws of a [[Japanese hare]].")
.jpg?width=200 "A red panda's paw, showing the absence of paw pads.")
![The paw of a [[yellow-throated marten]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Martes flavigula paw.png?width=200 "The paw of a [[yellow-throated marten]].")
![The forepaw of a [[European badger]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Meles meles-front paw.jpg?width=200 "The forepaw of a [[European badger]].")
![Front paw of [[European hamster]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cricetus cricetus front foot.jpg?width=200 "Front paw of [[European hamster]]")
SOFT FOOT-LIKE PART OF A MAMMAL THAT HAS CLAWS
Footpaw; Paws; Forepaw; Toe beans; Carpal pad
(paws, pawing, pawed)
1.
The paws of an animal such as a cat, dog, or bear are its feet, which have claws for gripping things and soft pads for walking on.
The kitten was black with white front paws and a white splotch on her chest...
N-COUNT: oft with poss
2.
You can describe someone's hand as their paw, especially if it is very large or if they are very clumsy. (mainly HUMOROUS, INFORMAL)
He shook Keaton's hand with his big paw.
N-COUNT: oft poss N, adj N
3.
If an animal paws something, it draws its foot over it or down it.
Madigan's horse pawed the ground...
The dogs continued to paw and claw frantically at the chain mesh.
VERB: V n, V at n
4.
If one person paws another, they touch or stroke them in a way that the other person finds offensive.
Stop pawing me, Giles!...
He pawed at my jacket with his free hand.
VERB: V n, V at n [disapproval]
PAW
SOFT FOOT-LIKE PART OF A MAMMAL THAT HAS CLAWS
Footpaw; Paws; Forepaw; Toe beans; Carpal pad
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Paw
SOFT FOOT-LIKE PART OF A MAMMAL THAT HAS CLAWS
Footpaw; Paws; Forepaw; Toe beans; Carpal pad
·noun The Hand.
II. Paw ·vt To scrape or beat with the forefoot.
III. Paw ·noun The foot of a quadruped having claws, as the lion, dog, cat, ·etc.
IV. Paw ·vi To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot.
V. Paw ·vt To pass the paw over; to stroke or handle with the paws; hence, to handle fondly or rudely.
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Paw (disambiguation)
A paw is the soft foot of a mammal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nails.
Paw may also refer to:
- Paw, "Parents are watching", an SMS language abbreviation
- Paw (band), a musical group
- Paw (film), a 1959 film
- Paw Lagermann, composer, member of the popduo Infernal
- Paw Tracks, an independent record label based in Washington, D.C.
Paws may refer to:
- Paws (Detroit Tigers), the mascot for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball
- Paws (EP), an EP by Four Tet
- Paws (film), a 1997 Australian independent film starring Billy Connolly
- Paws (Northeastern), the mascot for the Northeastern University Huskies
- Paws, Inc., the U.S. company that produces the comic strip Garfield
PAW may refer to:
- Neopup PAW-20 (Personal Assault Weapon, 20 mm), a grenade launcher
- Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, a Oneness Pentecostal organization
- Physics Analysis Workstation
- Pintubi Anmatjere Warlpiri Media or PAW Media, a media company in remote Yurendumu, NT, Australia
- Plasma arc welding
- Post Apocalyptic World
- Princeton Alumni Weekly
- Professional Adventure Writer
- Project African Wilderness
- Projector augmented wave method, a method of solid state physics to calculate the electronic structure of materials
- Prodigious accumulator of wealth, a term used in the book The Millionaire Next Door
PAWS may refer to:
- Performing Animal Welfare Society, an advocacy group and sanctuary for abandoned or abused performing animals based in Galt, California
- a Planted Ancient Woodland Site
- Progressive Animal Welfare Society, an organization based in Lynnwood, Washington, that rehabilitates wildlife, shelters pets, assists in pet adoption and educates the public
- P.A.W.S., or Pets Are Wonderful Support, a group of North American nonprofit organisations promoting pets to extend the quality of life and life-span of elderly or disabled persons
- Philippine Animal Welfare Society, a non-governmental institution in the Philippines advocating on animal rights and welfare
- Pakistan Animal Welfare Society, a non-governmental institution in Pakistan advocating on animal rights and welfare
- Post-acute-withdrawal syndrome, a medical condition affecting recovering addicts during the first few months or years of their sobriety
- Professional Adventure Writer, an adventure creation system for the ZX Spectrum computer
- Protect Against Wrapped Sequence numbers, a feature of Transmission Control Protocol
- Protocol to Access White-Space - a protocol specification for radio white-space database access
- PAVE PAWS or Phased Array Warning System, a United States' Air Force Space Command radar system
- Wasilla Airport (ICAO location indicator: PAWS), in Wasilla, Alaska, United States
- PAWS (band)
Pronunciation examples for paw
1. left paw, right paw, left paw, right paw --
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2. prosthetic paw.
Frankenstein's Cat - Cuddling Up to Biotech's Brave New Beasts _ Emily Anthes _ Talks at Google
3. A paw?
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)
4. front left paw.
Frankenstein's Cat - Cuddling Up to Biotech's Brave New Beasts _ Emily Anthes _ Talks at Google
5. He just sits there and he will paw and paw and paw
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Examples of use of paw
1. Parker‘s mother, Bonnie Parker, 71, of Paw Paw, W.Va., said she was ambivalent about the execution and did not attend.
2. The organ was discovered in a corner of a manual wash bay at Soapy‘s Car Wash, Paw Paw police said.
3. But during the warm period fossils show the area supported different vegetation, including members of the bean family and warmth–loving relatives of poinsettia, sumac and paw–paw.
4. Smaller, more rural districts require smaller measures: Paw Paw, Mich., is moving to all–day kindergarten, eliminating eight bus runs in the middle of the day.
5. "It‘s not magic," added his 4–year–old grandson, Luke Westlake, as he placed a nut in Sullivan‘s grip and challenged Paw–Paw to crack it open.