claw

(Anglais)

Noun

1. A curved, pointed, horny projection on each digit of the foot of a mammal, reptile, or bird.
2. A foot equipped with such.
3. The pincer (chela) of a crustacean or other arthropod.
4. A mechanical device resembling a claw, used for gripping or lifting.
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.

Verb

1. To scratch or to tear at.
2. To use the claws to seize, to grip.
3. To use the claws to climb.
4. To perform a claw catch.
5. To move with one's fingertips.
6. (obsolete, transitive) To relieve an uneasy feeling, such as an itch, by scratching (someone or something); hence (figuratively), to flatter or humour (someone); to court, to fawn on.
7. (obsolete, transitive) To rail at, revile, or scold (someone or something).
8. (obsolete, transitive) To do (something) quickly.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/klɔː/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: clawe

Hérité de ancien anglais: clawu

Appartenant à frison occidental: klau

Appartenant à néerlandais: klauw

Appartenant à allemand: Klaue

Appartenant à danois: klo

Appartenant à norvégien: klo

Appartenant à suédois: klo

Hérité de moyen anglais: clawen

Hérité de ancien anglais: clawan

In summary

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

Concepts

griffe

ongle

pince

serre

griffer

gratter

crochet

🪝

égratigner

pied-de-biche

s'agripper

pieds-de-biche

ongle ''m''

griffe ''f''

serre ''f''

déchirer

démanger

médiator

plectre

racler

rayer

déplumer

onglon

Synonymes

talon

nail

fingernail

💅

scratch

toenail

hoof

clutch

scrape

nipper

tear

chela

pincers

pincer

hook

🪝

claw-shaped

paw

finger

climb

break

grab

jaw

toe

grasp

grate

clapperclaw

grip

fang

rip

destroy

finger nail

clamber

scramble

pair of tongs

pawl

pincher

pliers

pounce

rake

rasp

savage

scarify

seam

sharp point

shave

skin

spur

stick

strum

tickle

tongs