1. A clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped
   "The cat's soft paw touched my hand"
    
2. [informal] Flexible end part of the arm with palm, thumb and fingers, used for grasping and manipulating objects
   "Get your grubby paws off me!";
   - hand, manus, mitt

1. Scrape with the paws
   "The bear pawed the door"
    
2. Touch clumsily
   "The man tried to paw her"

Sounds like: patience, pats, paw, poor, por

Derived forms: paws, pawing, pawed

Type of: animal foot, caress, extremity, fondle, foot, grate, scrape

Part of: arm, canid, canine, felid, feline, homo, human, human being, man

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