Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - claw
Claw
claw
n. & v. --n. 1 a a pointed horny nail on an animal's or bird's foot. b a foot armed with claws. 2 the pincers of a shellfish. 3 a device for grappling, holding, etc. --v. 1 tr. & intr. scratch, maul, or pull (a person or thing) with claws. 2 tr. & intr. Sc. scratch gently. 3 intr. Naut. beat to windward. Phrases and idioms claw back 1 regain laboriously or gradually. 2 recover (money paid out) from another source (e.g. taxation). claw-back n. 1 the act of clawing back. 2 money recovered in this way. claw-hammer a hammer with one side of the head forked for extracting nails. Derivatives clawed adj. (also in comb.). clawer n. clawless adj. Etymology: OE clawu, clawian
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I. noun Usage: often attributive see: clew Date: before 12th century a sharp usually slender and curved nail on the toe of an animal, any of various sharp curved processes especially at the end of a limb (as of an insect), one of the pincerlike organs terminating some limbs of various arthropods (as a lobster or scorpion), something that resembles a ~, ~ed adjective ~like adjective II. verb Date: before 12th century transitive verb to rake, seize, dig, or progress with or as if with ~s, intransitive verb to scrape, scratch, dig, or pull with or as if with ~s ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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