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paw

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. pawnoun

    a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped

  2. hand, manus, mitt, pawverb

    the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb

    "he had the hands of a surgeon"; "he extended his mitt"

  3. pawverb

    scrape with the paws

    "The bear pawed the door"

  4. pawverb

    touch clumsily

    "The man tried to paw her"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. PAWnoun

    Etymology: pawen, Welsh.

    One chose his ground,
    Whence rushing he might surest seize them both
    Grip’d in each paw. John Milton, Paradise Lost.

    The bee and serpent know their stings, and the bear the use of his paws. Henry More, Antidote against Atheism.

    If lions had been brought up to painting, where you have one lion under the feet of a man, you should have had twenty men under the paw of a lion. Roger L'Estrange.

    Each claims possession,
    Both their paws are fastened on the prey. Dryden.

    Be civil to the wretch imploring,
    And lay your paws upon him without roaring. Dryden.

  2. To Pawverb

    His hot courser paw’d th’ Hungarian plain,
    And adverse legions stood the shock in vain. Thomas Tickell.

  3. To Pawverb

    To draw the fore foot along the ground.

    Etymology: from the noun.

    The fiery courser, when he hears from far,
    The sprightly trumpets and the shouts of war,
    Pricks up his ears, and trembling with delight
    Shifts place, and paws, and hopes the promis’d fight. Dryden.

    Th’ impatient courser pants in every vein,
    And pawing, seems to beat the distant plain,
    Hills, vales, and floods appear already cross’d,
    And ere he starts, a thousand steps are lost. Alexander Pope.

    Once, a fiery horse, pawing with his hoof, struck a hole in my handkerchief. Jonathan Swift.

Wikipedia

  1. PAW

    A paw is the soft foot of a mammal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nails.

ChatGPT

  1. paw

    A paw is the soft foot of a mammal, typically a quadruped, that has claws or nails. This includes animals such as dogs, cats, bears, and rodents. Features usually include pads for cushioning, and may also have dewclaws. In a broader or informal sense, it can often refer to the foot of any animal.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Pawnoun

    the foot of a quadruped having claws, as the lion, dog, cat, etc

  2. Pawnoun

    the hand

  3. Pawverb

    to draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot

  4. Pawverb

    to pass the paw over; to stroke or handle with the paws; hence, to handle fondly or rudely

  5. Pawverb

    to scrape or beat with the forefoot

  6. Etymology: [OE. pawe, poue, OF. poe: cf. patte, LG. pote, D. poot, G. pfote.]

Wikidata

  1. Paw

    A paw is the soft foot of a mammal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nails. A hard foot is called a hoof. An animal's front paw is known as a forepaw. Paws are used to pad feet for walking and increase friction.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Paw

    paw, n. the foot of a beast of prey having claws: the hand, used in contempt.—v.i. to draw the forefoot along the ground like a horse.—v.t. to scrape with the forefoot: to handle with the paws: to handle roughly: to flatter.—adj. Pawed, having paws: broad-footed. [O. Fr. poe, powe, prob. Teut.; cf. Dut. poot, Ger. pfote. Perh. related to O. Fr. pate (cf. Patrol). But perh. Celt., as W. pawen, a paw.]

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. PAW

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Paw is ranked #13642 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Paw surname appeared 2,220 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Paw.

    95% or 2,110 total occurrences were Asian.
    2.4% or 55 total occurrences were White.
    1.4% or 31 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.7% or 17 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    0.3% or 7 total occurrences were Black.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of PAW in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of PAW in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of PAW in a Sentence

  1. Princess Anne:

    When I appear in public, people expect me to neigh, grind my teeth paw the ground and swish my tail --- none of which is easy.

  2. Toby Rose:

    It is the foremost and paw-most awards for dogs on the big screen... it has only got bigger and bigger, and when last year Quentin Tarantino sashayed into the room and took the collar with great pride and enthusiasm, then I thought that says that Palm Dog is on the map.

  3. Hampton Jr.:

    We attempt Best Supporting Actor to not walk in the footsteps but in their Black Panther Party paw steps, and not just in theory, not in a romanticized type of way( but) with our programs, with our criticisms, with our self-criticisms, with our struggles, our politics of internationalism, with the present-day Rainbow Coalition, with the Triple Cs -- the children, community and Black Panther Party Cubs -- supplying services for the people, not in a charity type of way but where people themselves can get involved and fight for their own self-determination.

  4. Andel Kindell:

    The app said the signal was weak, that’s when I twigged it was underground. Then the vet told me Alex’s right paw wound was caused by a bite and the collar must be inside the rat.

  5. Protection District -RRB- Denney:

    New appliances are being seen with touch controls that activate by the simple touch of a finger. An animal’s paw can also activate these types of controls, please use built in safety’s if available on appliances when not in use and accessible by children and/or animals.

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