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     • to use claws (= the sharp curved nails at the end of each of the toes of some animals and birds) to tear or scratch something:
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   What does claw mean?

   • Try it for free as part of the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app to gradually achieve something or move somewhere by being determined and using a lot of effort She clawed her way to the top of her profession. Slowly, he clawed his way out from under the collapsed building. Definition of claw verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

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   What is a claw used for?

   • claw (plural claws) A curved, pointed horny nail on each digit of the foot of a mammal, reptile, or bird. A foot equipped with such. The pincer (chela) of a crustacean or other arthropod. A mechanical device resembling a claw, used for gripping or lifting. (colloquial) A human fingernail, particularly one extending well beyond the fingertip.

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   What are the claws of a bird & animal?

   • The claws of a bird or animal are the thin, hard, curved nails at the end of its feet. The cat tried to cling to the edge by its claws. The claws of a lobster, crab, or scorpion are the two pointed parts at the end of its legs which are used for holding things. If an animal claws at something, it scratches or damages it with its claws.

   CLAW definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   How do you use claws in a sentence?

   • 6. to make by or as if by scratching, digging, etc., with hands or claws: to claw a hole in the earth. 7. to proceed by or as if by using the hands or claws: They clawed their way through the jungle. 8. to scratch, tear, pull, or dig with or as if with claws.

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   What does it mean if someone gets their claws into You?

   • If someone gets their claws into me, they control or influence me in a selfish way for their own advantage. The Tigers want to get their claws into 20-year old striker Martin Carruthers from Aston Villa. Note: Other verbs can be used instead of get.

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   How do you describe a cat clawing at someone?

   • claw at somebody/something The cat was clawing at the leg of the chair. She screamed and clawed at his eyes. (figurative) Branches clawed at her hair. claw somebody/something He had clawed Stephen across the face. (figurative) His hands clawed the air. She flew at him, clawing blindly with her nails.

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   to use claws (= the sharp curved nails at the end of each of the toes of some animals and birds) to tear or scratch something: When our cat is hungry, she starts clawing at my legs. The dog barked and clawed at the door. to try to get hold of something with your hand:

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     CLAW AT SOMETHING meaning: 1. to use claws (= the sharp...

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     a human hand that is curved or twisted so that it looks like...

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   1. a sharp, hooked or curved horny structure, or nail, on the foot of a bird and of many reptiles and mammals. 2. a foot with such structures at its end. 3. the pincers, or chela, of a lobster, crab, scorpion, etc., or on the limb of certain insects. 4. anything resembling or regarded as a claw. the claw of a hammer.

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   to gradually achieve something or move somewhere by being determined and using a lot of effort She clawed her way to the top of her profession. Slowly, he clawed his way out from under the collapsed building.

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   a human hand that is curved or twisted so that it looks like the claws of an animal, bird, or insect: Since her stroke, she has to keep her hand mobile, or the fingers tend to bend into a rigid claw. an object or tool for picking things up that looks something like the claws of an animal, bird, or insect:

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    claw meaning, definition, what is claw: a sharp curved nail on an animal, bird, ...: Learn more.