claw

English

Claw of the short-toed eagle, Circaetus gallicus

Etymology

Middle English clawe, from Old English clawu.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /klɔː/
• (US) IPA: /klɔ/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA: /klɑ/

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Noun

claw (plural claws)

1. A curved, pointed horny nail on each digit of the foot of a mammal, reptile, or bird.
2. A foot equipped with such.
3. The pincer of a crustacean or other arthropod.
4. A mechanical device resembling a claw, used for gripping or lifting.
5. (juggling, uncountable) The act of catching a ball overhand.

Derived terms

• claw hammer
• get one's claws into

Translations

curved horny nail

Armenian: ճանկ (hy) (čank), ճիրան (hy) (čiran), մագիլ (hy) (magil) Bosnian: kandža (bs) f., pandža (bs) f. Bulgarian: нокът (bg) m. Catalan: urpa (ca) f., garra (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 爪 (cmn) (zhuǎ) Croatian: kandža (hr) f., pandža (hr) f. Czech: dráp (cs) m. Danish: klo (da) c. Dutch: klauw (nl) c. Estonian: küünis (et) Finnish: kynsi (fi) French: griffe (fr) Galician: uña (gl) f. German: Klaue (de) f., Kralle (de) f. Greek: νύχι (el) n. (nýchi) Hindi: पञ्जा (pa.njā), पंजा (pa.njā) Hungarian: karom (hu), köröm (hu) Irish: crúb f.

Italian: artiglio (it) Kurdish: چنگ, چرنووک Luxembourgish: Klo (lb) f., Krall (lb) f. Marathi: पंजा Old Church Slavonic: ногъть (nogŭtĭ) m. Polish: pazur (pl) m. Portuguese: garra (pt) f. Russian: коготь (ru) (kógot’) m. Scottish Gaelic: ìne (gd) f. Serbian: Cyrillic: канџа (sr) f., панџа (sr) f. чапорак (sr) m. чапорац (sr) m. Roman: kandža (sr) f., pandža (sr) f., čaporak (sr) m., čaporac (sr) m. Slovene: krempelj (sl) m. Spanish: garra (es) f. Swedish: klo (sv) c. Tagalog: pangalmot (tl) West Frisian: klau (fy) c., kloer (fy) c.

a foot equipped with such

Polish: szpon (pl) m.

Scottish Gaelic: spòg (gd) f.

pincer of a crustacean

Bulgarian: щипка (bg) Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 鉗, simpl. 钳 (qián) Danish: klosaks c. Estonian: sõrg (et) Finnish: saksi (fi) French: pince (fr)

German: Schere (de) f. Hungarian: olló (hu) Irish: crúb f. Italian: chela (it) Portuguese: puã (pt) f. Russian: клешня (ru) (klešnjá) f. Slovene: klešče (sl) f. pl.

mechanical device for gripping

Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 鉗子, simpl. 钳子 (qián zi) Danish: klo (da) c. Finnish: leuka (fi) French: pied-de-biche (fr) m. (pieds-de-biche (fr) pl.) German: Greifer m.

Hindi: पाना, पकड Irish: ladhar (ga) f. Italian: palanchino (it), piede di porco (it) Marathi: पाना, पकड Polish: kleszcze pl., szczypce pl. Russian: тиски (ru) (tiskí) m. pl.

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Albanian: kthetër f. Arabic: المخلب Catalan: urpa Esperanto: ungo Faroese: klógv f. Galician: spòg Hebrew: טֹפֶר Indonesian: cakar Italian: artiglio, unghia, pinza, zampa, branca f. Japanese: 爪 (つめ) (tsume)

Korean: 발톱 (baltop) Latvian: nags Lithuanian: nagas Norwegian: kloa Old English: clawu, clea Papiamentu: pata Persian: چنگ, پنجه Romanian: gheară f., clește Sardinian: farrànca, ungra, ungredda f. Slovak: čeľusť, dráp Spanish: garra f. Swahili: kucha Tagalog: kuko Thai: กรงเล็บ (grong lép) Turkish: pençe Ukrainian: кіготь (kígot') Urdu: پنجہ (panja) Uyghur: (bemelchek) Vietnamese: vuốt, càng Welsh: crafanc, ewin Yiddish: (krel)

External links

• Claw on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

claw (third-person singular simple present claws, present participle clawing, simple past and past participle clawed)

1. To scratch or to tear at.
2. To use the claws to seize, to grip.
3. To use the claws to climb.
4. (juggling) To perform a claw catch.
5. To move with one's fingertips.
   • 2011 October 15, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 1 - 1 Man Utd”, BBC Sport:

     De Gea was United's hero again within seconds of Hernandez's equaliser, diving to his left to claw away Dirk Kuyt's shot as he got on the end of a superb cross from Stewart Downing.

Translations

scratch or tear at

Czech: drápat (cs) Danish: kradse (da), rive (da), kradse (da) Dutch: klauwen (nl) Estonian: küünistama (et) Finnish: kynsiä (fi), raapia (fi) French: griffer (fr) German: kratzen, zerkratzen

Greek: νυχιάζω (el) (nychiázo) Hungarian: karmol (hu) Italian: raspare (it), graffiare (it), artigliare (it) Polish: drapać Romanian: zgâria (ro) Scottish Gaelic: sgrìob (gd)

to use claws to seize, to grip

Czech: drapnout (cs) Danish: gribe (da) Finnish: ottaa kynsiinsä

French: s'agripper (fr) German: klammern, krallen Italian: ghermire (it)

use claws to climb

Czech: drápat (cs) se Danish: slå en klo i

Finnish: kiivetä kynsiensä avulla Italian: aggrapparsi (it)