| claw | | |
| n. (animal) | 1. claw | sharp curved horny process on the toe of a bird or some mammals or reptiles. |
| ~ bear claw | claw of a bear; often used in jewelry. |
| ~ talon | a sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey. |
| ~ horny structure, unguis | any rigid body structure composed primarily of keratin. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. claw, hook | a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something. |
| ~ anchor, ground tackle | a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving. |
| ~ clothes hanger, coat hanger, dress hanger | a hanger that is shaped like a person's shoulders and used to hang garments on. |
| ~ grapnel, grapple, grappling hook, grappling iron, grappler | a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope. |
| ~ mechanical device | mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles. |
| ~ pothook | an S-shaped hook to suspend a pot over a fire. |
| ~ tenterhook | one of a series of hooks used to hold cloth on a tenter. |
| n. (animal) | 3. chela, claw, nipper, pincer | a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods. |
| ~ crustacean | any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton. |
| ~ appendage, extremity, member | an external body part that projects from the body.; "it is important to keep the extremities warm" |
| n. (animal) | 4. claw | a bird's foot. |
| ~ bird's foot | the foot of a bird. |
| v. (motion) | 5. claw | move as if by clawing, seizing, or digging.; "They clawed their way to the top of the mountain" |
| ~ work, make | proceed along a path.; "work one's way through the crowd"; "make one's way into the forest" |
| v. (contact) | 6. claw | clutch as if in panic.; "She clawed the doorknob" |
| ~ clutch, prehend, seize | take hold of; grab.; "The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals" |
| v. (contact) | 7. claw | scratch, scrape, pull, or dig with claws or nails. |
| ~ clapperclaw | claw with the nails. |
| ~ scratch up, scratch, scrape | cut the surface of; wear away the surface of. |
| v. (communication) | 8. claw | attack as if with claws.; "The politician clawed his rival" |
| ~ lash out, attack, assail, assault, snipe, round | attack in speech or writing.; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker" |
| digit | | |
| n. (quantity) | 1. digit, figure | one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration.; "0 and 1 are digits" |
| ~ integer, whole number | any of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zero.; "an integer is a number that is not a fraction" |
| ~ binary digit | either 0 or 1 in binary notation. |
| ~ octal digit | a digit from 0 to 7 in octal notation. |
| ~ decimal digit | a digit from 0 to 9 in decimal notation. |
| ~ duodecimal digit | a digit from 0 to 11 in duodecimal notation. |
| ~ hexadecimal digit | a digit from 0 to 15 in hexadecimal notation. |
| ~ significant digit, significant figure | any digit of a number that is known with certainty; any digit of a number beginning with the leftmost non-zero digit and ending with the rightmost non-zero digit (or a zero considered to be the exact value).; "he calculated the answer to four significant figures" |
| ~ 0, cypher, nought, cipher, zero | a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number. |
| ~ 1, ace, one, i, single, unity | the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number.; "he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it"; "they had lunch at one" |
| ~ 2, ii, two, deuce | the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number. |
| ~ 3, deuce-ace, iii, tercet, ternary, ternion, terzetto, three, threesome, trey, triad, trine, trinity, trio, triplet, leash, tierce, troika | the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one. |
| ~ 4, four, iv, little joe, quadruplet, quartet, quatern, quaternion, quaternity, tetrad, foursome, quaternary | the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one. |
| ~ 5, cinque, fin, five, fivesome, little phoebe, pentad, phoebe, quint, quintuplet, quintet, v | the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one. |
| ~ 6, captain hicks, half a dozen, hexad, sestet, sextuplet, sise, six, sixer, vi, sextet | the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one. |
| ~ 7, heptad, septenary, septet, seven, sevener, vii | the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one. |
| ~ 8, eight, eighter, eighter from decatur, octad, octet, octonary, ogdoad, viii | the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one. |
| ~ 9, ennead, ix, nina from carolina, nine, niner | the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one. |
| n. (quantity) | 2. digit, finger, finger's breadth, fingerbreadth | the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure. |
| ~ linear measure, linear unit | a unit of measurement of length. |
| n. (body) | 3. dactyl, digit | a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates. |
| ~ craniate, vertebrate | animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium. |
| ~ phalanx | any of the bones of the fingers or toes. |
| ~ appendage, extremity, member | an external body part that projects from the body.; "it is important to keep the extremities warm" |
| ~ minimus | the fifth digit; the little finger or little toe. |
| ~ finger | any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb).; "her fingers were long and thin" |
| ~ toe | one of the digits of the foot. |
| ~ nail | horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits. |
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