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say it: klaw
claw is a noun and verb meaning "sharp curved horny process on the toe of a bird or some mammals or reptiles". It carries 8 recorded senses.
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
a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods
a bird's foot
move as if by clawing, seizing, or digging
“They clawed their way to the top of the mountain”
scratch, scrape, pull, or dig with claws or nails
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for claw come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.