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1. Having or resembling a claw or claws; often used as a combining form
   "sharp-clawed"
    
2. (of predatory animals) armed with claws or talons
   - taloned

1. Move as if by clawing, seizing, or digging
   "They clawed their way to the top of the mountain"
    
2. Clutch as if in panic
   "She clawed the doorknob"
    
3. Scratch, scrape, pull, or dig with claws or nails
    
4. Attack as if with claws
   "The politician clawed his rival"

See also: armed, unguiculate, unguiculated

Type of: assail, assault, attack, clutch, lash out, make, prehend [archaic], round, scrape, scratch, scratch up, seize, snipe, work

Encyclopedia: Clawed