Meaning

8 senses
  1. A curved, pointed, horny projection on each digit of the foot of a mammal, reptile, or bird.

    Klaue, Kralle

    ко́готьkógotʹ

    кі́готьkíhotʹ

    a bird's foot

  2. A foot equipped with such.

    ла́паlápa

  3. The pincer (chela) of a crustacean or other arthropod.

    Schere

    клешня́klešnjá

    клішня́klišnjá

    a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods

  4. A mechanical device resembling a claw, used for gripping or lifting.

    Greifer

    тиски́tiskí, захва́тzaxvát

    a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something

  5. (colloquial)A human fingernail, particularly one extending well beyond the fingertip.

  6. A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, such as the base of petals of the pink.

  7. The act of catching a ball overhand.

  8. A tree with one internal vertex and three leaves.

Examples

69 sentences
  1. The cat dug its claws into my hand.

    ruКошка вонзила свои когти в мою руку. — Balamax

    deDie Katze grub ihre Krallen in meine Hand. — Espi

  2. The cat retracted its claws.

    deDie Katze zog ihre Krallen ein. — Wolf

  3. Tom wedged the claw of the crowbar under the nailhead and pulled out the nail.

    deTom fasste mit der Klaue der Brechstange unter den Kopf des Nagels und zog den Nagel heraus. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. The cat is hiding its claws.

    Кіт ховає свої кігті. — deniko

    ruКот прячет свои когти. — odexed

  5. The cat is retracting its claws.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
curved horny nail:
pincer of a crustacean:
Русский
By meaning 4
curved horny nail:
foot equipped with such:
pincer of a crustacean:
mechanical device for gripping:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
curved horny nail:
pincer of a crustacean:
mechanical device for gripping:

Origin

From Middle English clawe, from Old English clawu, from Proto-Germanic *klawō. Compare Wes

From Middle English clawe, from Old English clawu, from Proto-Germanic *klawō. Compare West Frisian klau, Dutch klauw, German Klaue, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish klo.

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Forms

plural: claws
Singularclaw
Pluralclaws

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods:chela-nnipperpincer
  • a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something:hook

Word family

35 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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