paw
Of an animal, to touch with a pawOf an animal, to touch (something) with a paw.: Of an animal, to dig through (something, such as a garbage can) with paws.
» The cat was licking its paws.
Кот лизал свои лапы.
Кошка лизала свои лапы.
Кіт лизав свої лапи.
Meaning
5 sensesOf an animal, to touch (something) with a paw.
(transitive)Of an animal, to dig through (something, such as a garbage can) with paws.
(transitive)Of an animal, to draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot.
(broadly, transitive)To touch (someone) in a sexual way.
touch clumsily
(broadly, transitive)To clumsily dig (through something).
(dated, transitive)To flatter.
Examples
60 sentencesThe cat was licking its paws.
Кіт лизав свої лапи.
ruКот лизал свои лапы.
Get your paws off me.
Прибери від мене свої лапи.
ruУбери от меня свои лапы!
deNimm deine Pfoten von mir!
Get your paws off of me.
ruУбери от меня свои лапы!
deNimm deine Pfoten von mir!
Get your dirty paws off me.
I saw a dog with one paw bandaged.
Origin
From Middle English pawe, from Old French poue, poe, from Vulgar Latin *pauta. Further oriFrom Middle English pawe, from Old French poue, poe, from Vulgar Latin *pauta. Further origin unknown, perhaps from Frankish *pōta, from Frankish *pōtōn (“to put, stick, plant”), from Proto-Germanic *putōną, whence also Old English potian (“to push”), pȳtan (“to put out, poke out”). See more at put. Doublet of pote, put, and putt.
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Forms
paws, pawing, pawed, pawedPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
9 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle