| 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" |
| earwig | | |
| n. (animal) | 1. earwig | any of numerous insects of the order Dermaptera having elongate bodies and slender many-jointed antennae and a pair of large pincers at the rear of the abdomen. |
| ~ insect | small air-breathing arthropod. |
| ~ dermaptera, order dermaptera | earwigs and a few related forms. |
| ~ common european earwig, forficula auricularia | sometimes destructive to cultivated bulbs. |
| pincer | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. pair of pincers, pair of tweezers, pincer, tweezer | a hand tool for holding consisting of a compound lever for grasping. |
| ~ hand tool | a tool used with workers' hands. |
| ~ roach clip, roach holder | metal tweezers used by marijuana smokers to hold a roach. |
| clip | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. cartridge clip, cartridge holder, clip, magazine | a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun. |
| ~ gun | a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel). |
| ~ pincurl clip | a variety of clip for holding pin curls. |
| ~ supply chamber | a mechanical device for holding something and supplying it as needed. |
| n. (event) | 2. clip, time | an instance or single occasion for some event.; "this time he succeeded"; "he called four times"; "he could do ten at a clip" |
| ~ case, instance, example | an occurrence of something.; "it was a case of bad judgment"; "another instance occurred yesterday"; "but there is always the famous example of the Smiths" |
| n. (artifact) | 3. clip | any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together. |
| ~ bicycle clip, trouser clip | a clip worn around a cyclist's ankles that keeps trousers from becoming caught in the bicycle chain. |
| ~ alligator clip, bulldog clip | a clip with a spring that closes the metal jaws. |
| ~ fastening, holdfast, fastener, fixing | restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place. |
| ~ hair slide | a decorative hinged clip that girls and women put in their hair to hold it in place. |
| ~ gem clip, paper clip, paperclip | a wire or plastic clip for holding sheets of paper together.; "the paper clip was invented in 1900" |
| n. (artifact) | 4. clip | an article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress. |
| ~ jewellery, jewelry | an adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems). |
| n. (act) | 5. clip, clipping, snip | the act of clipping or snipping. |
| ~ cutting off, cutting, cut | the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends.; "the barber gave him a good cut" |
| ~ pinch, nip | a small sharp bite or snip. |
| n. (act) | 6. clip | a sharp slanting blow.; "he gave me a clip on the ear" |
| ~ blow | a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon.; "a blow on the head" |
| v. (contact) | 7. clip, nip, nip off, snip, snip off | sever or remove by pinching or snipping.; "nip off the flowers" |
| ~ cut | separate with or as if with an instrument.; "Cut the rope" |
| v. (motion) | 8. clip, jog, trot | run at a moderately swift pace. |
| ~ run | move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time.; "Don't run--you'll be out of breath"; "The children ran to the store" |
| v. (contact) | 9. clip | attach with a clip.; "clip the papers together" |
| ~ attach | cause to be attached. |
| v. (contact) | 10. clip, crop, cut back, dress, lop, prune, snip, trim | cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of.; "dress the plants in the garden" |
| ~ thin out | make sparse.; "thin out the young plants" |
| ~ shear | cut with shears.; "shear hedges" |
| ~ pollard, poll | convert into a pollard.; "pollard trees" |
| ~ pinch, top | cut the top off.; "top trees and bushes" |
| ~ disbud | thin out buds to improve the quality of the remaining flowers. |
| v. (change) | 11. clip, curtail, cut short | terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent.; "My speech was cut short"; "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries" |
| ~ shorten | make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration.; "He shortened his trip due to illness" |
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