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Scratch (claw)
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claw me and I'll claw thee — (obsolete) You scratch my back and I ll scratch yours • • • Main Entry: ↑claw … Useful english dictionary
scratch — [n] small cut or mark blemish, claw mark, gash, graze, hurt, laceration, score, scrape; concepts 309,513 Ant. perfection scratch [v1] cut; make a mark on claw, damage, etch, grate, graze, incise, lacerate, mark, prick, rasp, rub, scarify, score,… … New thesaurus
Claw me claw thee — Claw Claw (kl[add]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clawed} (kl[add]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Clawing}.] [AS. clawan. See {Claw}, n.] 1. To pull, tear, or scratch with, or as with, claws or nails. [1913 Webster] 2. To relieve from some uneasy sensation, as by… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Claw — (kl[add]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clawed} (kl[add]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Clawing}.] [AS. clawan. See {Claw}, n.] 1. To pull, tear, or scratch with, or as with, claws or nails. [1913 Webster] 2. To relieve from some uneasy sensation, as by scratching; … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Claw — Claw, v. i. To scrape, scratch, or dig with a claw, or with the hand as a claw. Clawing [in ash barrels] for bits of coal. W. D. Howells. [1913 Webster] {To claw off} (Naut.), to turn to windward and beat, to prevent falling on a lee shore. [1913 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
claw — ► NOUN 1) a curved, pointed horny nail on each digit of the foot in birds, lizards, and some mammals. 2) the pincer of a crab, scorpion, or other arthropod. ► VERB 1) scratch or tear at with the claws or fingernails. 2) (claw away) try… … English terms dictionary
claw — [n] nail of animal; tool shaped like nail of an animal barb, cant hook, clapperclaw, crook, fang, fingernail, grapnel, grappler, hook, manus, nail claw, nipper, paw, pincer, retractile, spur, talon, tentacle, unguis, ungula; concept 392 claw [v]… … New thesaurus
claw — [klô] n. [ME claue < OE clawu < IE * g(e)l eu < base * gel , to make round, clench (as a fist) > CLING, CLAMP1, CLIMB] 1. a sharp, hooked or curved horny structure, or nail, on the foot of a bird and of many reptiles and mammals 2. a… … English World dictionary
claw at — scratch or tear at with the claws or fingernails. → claw … English new terms dictionary
claw — clawer, n. clawless, adj. /klaw/, n. 1. a sharp, usually curved, nail on the foot of an animal, as on a cat, dog, or bird. 2. a similar curved process at the end of the leg of an insect. 3. the pincerlike extremity of specific limbs of certain… … Universalium
claw — /klɔ / (say klaw) noun 1. a sharp, usually curved, nail on the foot of an animal. 2. the foot of an animal armed with such nails. 3. any part or thing resembling a claw, as the cleft end of the head of a hammer. 4. the pincers of some shellfish… …
