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1.nounA curved, pointed horny nail on each digit of the foot of a mammal, reptile, or bird.
2.nounA foot equipped with such.
3.nounThe pincer (chela) of a crustacean or other arthropod.
4.nounA mechanical device resembling a claw, used for gripping or lifting.
5.nounA slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, such as the base of petals of the pink.
6.nounThe act of catching a ball overhand.
7.verbTo scratch or to tear at.
8.verbTo use the claws to seize, to grip.
9.verbTo use the claws to climb.
10.verbTo perform a claw catch.
11.verbTo move with one's fingertips.
12.verbTo relieve uneasy feeling, such as an itch, by scratching; hence, to humor or flatter, to court someone.
13.verbTo rail at; to scold.
14.verbTo flatter; to fawn on (a person).