paw
The soft foot of a mammal or other animal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nailsThe soft foot of a mammal or other animal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nails; comparable to a human hand or foot.
» The cat was licking its paws.
Кот лизал свои лапы. — soweli_Elepanto
Кошка лизала свои лапы. — soweli_Elepanto
Кіт лизав свої лапи. — deniko
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2 sensesThe soft foot of a mammal or other animal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nails; comparable to a human hand or foot.
Pfote
ла́паlápa
ла́паlápa
a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped
(also, humorous, slang)A hand.
Get your grubby paws off my things!
Examples
60 sentencesThe cat was licking its paws.
Кіт лизав свої лапи. — deniko
ruКот лизал свои лапы. — soweli_Elepanto
Get your paws off me.
Прибери від мене свої лапи. — deniko
ruУбери от меня свои лапы! — marafon
deNimm deine Pfoten von mir! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Get your paws off of me.
ruУбери от меня свои лапы! — marafon
deNimm deine Pfoten von mir! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Get your dirty paws off me.
I saw a dog with one paw bandaged.
Translations
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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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