claw > define

noun

• Sharp curved horny process on the toe of a bird or some mammals or reptiles.
• A mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something.
  • synonyms: hook
• A grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods.
  • synonyms: chela, nipper, pincer
• A bird's foot.

verb

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

• (n.) To relieve from some uneasy sensation, as by scratching; to tickle; hence, to flatter; to court.
• (n.) The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails; the pinchers of a lobster, crab, etc.
• (n.) A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird.
• (n.) To rail at; to scold.
• (n.) A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, as the base of petals of the pink.
• (v.i.) To scrape, scratch or dig with a claw or with the hand as a claw.
• (n.) Anything resembling the claw of an animal, as the curved and forked end of a hammer for drawing nails.
• (n.) To pull, tear or scratch with or as with, claws or nails.