paw
/pɔ/ verb C2- Of an animal, to dig through (something, such as a garbage can) with paws.
- Of an animal, to draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot.
- To touch (someone) in a sexual way.
- To clumsily dig (through something).
- To flatter.
He/she/it paws · Past pawed · Past participle pawed · -ing form pawing
Verb forms
- Base form
- paw
- He/she/it
- paws
- Past
- pawed
- Past participle
- pawed
- -ing form
- pawing
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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An enormous puppy was looking down at her with large round eyes, and feebly stretching out one paw, trying to touch her.
“In _that_ direction,” the Cat said, waving its right paw round, “lives a Hatter: and in _that_ direction,” waving the other paw, “lives a March Hare.
They fed me behind bars from an iron pan till one night I felt that I was Bagheera--the Panther--and no man’s plaything, and I broke the silly lock with one blow of my paw and came away.
“That is why,” he said, shifting his paw on the leaves.
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