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Paw

Definition: Paw

Paw

Noun

1. A clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped.

2. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb; "he had the hands of a surgeon"; "he extended his mitt".

Verb

1. Scrape with the paws; "The bear pawed the door".

2. Touch clumsily; "The man tried to paw her".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "paw" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Paw

DomainDefinition

Computing

PAW Physics Analysis Workbench. PAW++ An extended version of PAW with a Motif human interface. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Slang in 1811

FOREFOOT, or PAW. Give us your fore foot; give us your hand.
PAW. A hand or foot; look at his dirty paws. Fore paw; the hand. Hind paw; the foot. To paw; to touch or handle clumsily. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Paw

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

PAW

EnglishPlasma Arc Weld(ing)N/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Paw

Synonyms: hand (n), manus (n), mitt (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Paw

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Dupe

Noun: dupe, gull, gudgeon, gobemouche, cull, cully, victim, pigeon, April fool; jay, sucker; laughingstock; Cyclops, simple Simon, flat; greenhorn; fool; puppet, cat's paw.

Retention

Paw, hand, finger, wrist, fist, neaf, neif.

Touch

Verb: touch, feel, handle, finger, thumb, paw, fumble, grope, grabble; twiddle, tweedle; pass the fingers over, run the fingers over; manipulate, wield; throw out a feeler.

Hand, finger, forefinger, thumb, paw, feeler, antenna; palpus.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Paw

English words defined with "paw": Anigozanthusforepawgenus Anigozanthus, GollLion of LucerneoutstretchedPaw clam, Pawed, Pawing. (references)
Specialty definitions using "paw": Androcles and the LionCat's Paw, COMISFOX'S PAWHIGZKernel User Interface PackagePAW PAW TRICKSTLAs, TOOL. (references)
Etymologies containing "paw": Patonce. (references)

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Modern Usage: Paw

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Anyway, once upon a time, there was a big, mean lion who got a thorn in his paw. All the villagers tried to pull it out, but nobody was strong enough, so they got Hercules and he used his mighty strength, and bingo (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

Movie/TV Titles

Paw (1959)

Maw and Paw (1953)

The Monkey's Paw (1948)

Lend a Paw (1941)

A Helping Paw (1941)

Song Titles

Shake Your Paw (performing artist: Garfield)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Paw

DomainTitle

Books

  • Harry's Paw Friendly Guide New York City (reference)

  • In the Dinosaur's Paw (reference)

  • Lion King: Paw Pals (Sticker Time) (reference)

  • Mystery at Devil's Paw, (His Hardy Boys Mystery Stories, 38) (reference)

  • Paw Paw Chuck's Big Ideas in the Bible (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • Pound Puppies Movie Legend of Big Paw (reference)

  • Tales from the Cryptkeeper: Gorilla's Paw (reference)

  • The Berenstain Bears Meet Big Paw (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Paw

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Photo Album: Paw

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Devils Paw in Frederick Sound area. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Lion with paw raised and donkey. Credit: Library of Congress.

Maw, Paw, and Willie. "I met the funniest fellow, today ...". Credit: Library of Congress.

Polly and her pals. "Everybudy swears off somethin' fer New Years', ad' besides Paw smokes too much anyhow!". Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Paw
 

"Rupert's paw" by Attila Beregszászi
Commentary: "Closeup of my bloodhound standing on these massive things."
"Paw" by Dave Forsey
Commentary: "Manous' paw, taken while he was asleep."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Familiar Quotations: Paw

AuthorQuotation

Moliere

To pull the chestnuts out of the fire with the cat's paw.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Paw

TitleAuthorQuote

Alice in Wonderland

Carroll, Lewis

An enormous puppy was looking down at her with large round eyes, and feebly stretching out one paw, trying to touch her.

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

The army stretches out its big paw to us.

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

He put out his hand, but the cat leaped away out of reach and sat down and licked the pads of its lifted paw.

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

I have good to believe that he took me for a young one of his own species, by his often stroking my face very gently with his other paw.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Paw

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

You may get rabies from a scratch if the animal, such as a cat,  was licking its paw before it scratched you. (Remember that the rabies virus is found in the saliva of an animal). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Paw

"Paw" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 88.76% of the time. "Paw" is used about 178 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)88.76%15824,965
Lexical Verb (infinitive)7.3%1397,576
Noun (proper)2.81%5157,705
Lexical Verb (base form)1.12%2245,945
                    Total100.00%178N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Paw

Expressions using "paw": be smb.'s cat's paw bear paw cats paw cat's paw hind paw John Paw kangaroo paw paw at paw clam paw one's word Paw Paw Paw Paw Lake paw shell paw the ground. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "paw": paw-hold, paw-marks, Paw-o-vision, paw-paw, paw-paws, paw-print, paw-prints, paw-signed, paw-work.

Ending with "paw": Bear's-paw, Cat's-paw, cats-paw, fore-paw, paw-paw, pussy-paw, pussy's-paw.

Containing "paw": bear's-paw fern.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Paw

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

paw

1,243

clipart paw print

48

paw print

357

paw print tattoo

46

paw paw michigan

137

paw sox

43

paw claw

125

shake a paw

39

paw paw

115

kangaroo paw

35

soft paw

99

paw rescue small

35

bear paw

94

paw paw west virginia

33

the monkey paw

89

claw n paw

32

dog paw

83

bear paw print

31

art clip paw print

72

camper city paw paw

29

cat paw

72

lion paw

29

dog paw print

70

auto part paw

28

tiger paw

67

paw small

27

cause paw

65

4 forgotten paw

26

chicago paw

55

animal paw print

25

frosty paw

55

paw animal shelter

24

paw paw tree

54

paw print tiger

24

four paw

54

claw paw rochester

23

paw picture print

50

graphic paw print

22

cat paw print

49

paw south

22
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Paw

Language Translations for "paw"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

poot (foot, leg), been (bone, leg), voet (foot). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

putër (claw, foot, pad), prek me dorë, tapanxhë (large hand), qëllon me putër, mbërthej (brace, clasp, clench, clip, clutch, corner, do up, enchain, fasten, grip, hold, hook, hook up, make fast, nab, peg, seize, snatch), këmbë (abutment, foot, hoof, leg, locomotives, peg, pin, shank, trotters), dorëshkrim (copy, manuscript, script). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏يد الإنسان, ‏نبش الأرض بحوافر (stamp), ‏قدم الحيوان (pad), ‏حك (abrade, abrasion, friction, itch, polish, rasp, rub, sand, scrabble, scrape, scraping, scrubbing), ‏ضرب بيديه, ‏ضرب ببراثنه, ‏جس (feel, necking, palpate, palpation, pet, ply, probe, probing, touch). (various references)

   

Basque

  

hanka. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

ръка (arm, claw, five, flapper, flipper, forearm, hand, mitt), рия (rout about), мачкам (crease, crumple, knead, mash, maul, squash, squeeze, squish, work), лапа (application, flapper, flipper, fluke, fomentation, pad, poultice, pud, stupe), пипам (feel, filch, handle, interfere, meddle, touch, trifle), драскам с лапа, докосвам с лапа. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

爪子 . (various references)

   

Czech

  

packa, tlapa (foot, leg), osahávat (touch up), ohmatávat (grope), hrabat kopyty, hrabat (grub, rake, scrabble), škrabopis, škrábat tlapou. (various references)

   

Danish

  

pote (foot), fod (foot), ben (bone, leg). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

poot (foot, leg), onderbeen (leg), been (arm, bone, leg). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

piedo (foot), kruro (leg). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

langleggur (leg, shin-bone, tibia), labbi (foot), fótur (foot), bein (bone, leg). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

پنجه زدن , پنجه (Claw, Fork, Pitchfork, Talon, Toe), پا (Foot, Leg, Peg, Pod), چنگال (Claw, Clef, Clutch, Fork, Grain, Nail, Pitchfork, Prong, Rake, Talon), دست (Team). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

tassu, sääri (calf, leg, shank), lääppiä, kaapia (grate, rasp, scrape), käpälä, jalka (base, foot, leg, stand, stem). (various references)

   

French

  

patte, pied. (various references)

   

Frisian

  

skonk (leg), foet (foot). (various references)

   

German

  

Pfote (foot, footer, leg, mitt). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πόδι ζώου, πουσ αρπακτικού ζώου, χειρίζομαι ατεχνώσ (thumb), εγγίζω με το πόδι. (various references)

   

Hawaiian

  

këmbë (foot, leg). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לשלוח יד ב- (embezzle, misappropriate, set ones hand to), לגעת (tamper, touch). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

mancs (duke, flapper, leg, mauler, pad, pud), láb (dog, feet, foot, hoof, hooves, leg, props, stand, toe), pracli (duke, fin, pud). (various references)

   

Icelandic

  

leggur (leg), fótur (foot). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

kaki (base, foot, leg), cakar (claw, scratch). (various references)

   

Irish

  

cos (foot, leg). (various references)

   

Italian

  

gamba (foot, leg, shank), zampa (foot, footer, four-footed, leg). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

走狗 (cat's paw, dupe, hound, hunting dog, running dog, tool of another person), 先棒 (cat's-paw, front palanquin carrier). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

そうく (cat's paw, dupe, hound, hunting dog, lean, running dog, tool of another person), さきぼう (cat's-paw, front palanquin carrier). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

(PAW++, PAWS). (various references)

   

Lombard

  

(foot). (various references)

   

Malay

  

kaki (foot). (various references)

   

Manx

  

maaigey (scrabble, scrabbling), maaig (clumsy hand, flipper). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

fot (feet, foot), ben (bone, leg). (various references)

   

Occitan

  

pauta (foot). (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

pia (foot, leg). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

awpay.(various references)

   

Polish

  

stopa (foot), noga (leg). (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

perna (leg), pata (claw, hoof, leg), pé de animal, (base, foot, leg, tootsy), mão (duke, fin, fist, flat of the hand, hand), letra (handwriting, letter, lyric, lyrics, text, writing), garra (chela, clamshell, claw, clutch, fingernail, grab, grapple, grip, nail, nipper, pawl, prong, talon), escarvar, dar patadas, caligrafia (calligraph, fist, flat of the hand, hand, handwriting, pencraft, penmanship, script, writing), apalpar (feel, finger, fumble, grope, handle, palp, touch). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

picior (base, foot, joint, leg, peg, shoulder, stalk, stem, toe), umbla cu mâna, scriere (hand, scripture, writing), scotoci (comb, ferret, go through, grub, quarry, ransack, rummage, search), râcâi cu laba, mânã (arm, claw, fin, fist, flapper, flipper, hand, handful, look), lovi cu labã (paw at), lovi cu copita (lunge), labã (arm, claw, fin, fist, flapper, flipper, foot, pad, sole), face afaceri necinstite, atinge cu laba (paw at), apuca neîndemânatic. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

рука (arm, bunch of fives, hand, mauley, mitt), хватать (snatch, suffice), трогать (affect, finger, handle, move, palm, reach, tamper, touch), копать лапа, лапа (claw, fluke, pad, palm). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

spòg (claw, talon, the hand or foot), spàg (a claw or paw, clubfoot, limb of an), màgair (crawl, creep, handle clumsily), màg (a paw, ludicrous term for the hand), cròg (clumsy hand, fist, large hand), cas (abrupt, curled, fire, foot, gnash the teeth, haft : casan, leg, oppose, passionate, rash, shaft, steep, thwart, to close upon). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

udariti (bang, bash, bat, beat, belt, bump, clock, clout, conk, drive in, hack, hit, jog, knock, percuss, poke, punch, ram, rap, shock, strike, stub, swipe, wallop, whack), nezgrapno pipati, dodirnuti šapom, šapa. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

pierna (downstroke, haunch, leg, shank), pie (base, bottom, butt, catchword, f, foot, footing, haunch, leg, stalk, stem), pata (Drake, duck, f, flat, foot, hoof, lap, leg, pad, peg, strap, tab). (various references)

   

Sranan

  

futu (foot, leg). (various references)

   

Swahili

  

mguu (foot, leg). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

tass (claw, foot, pad, pussyfoot). (various references)

   

Tagalog

  

bintî (leg). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

pençe atmak (claw), pençe (claw, cleat, clutch, clutches, Fang, pounce, talon, tap), pati, yeri eşelemek, ellemek (feel, finger, grope, handle, play with, touch), bacak (crural, leg, limb, pin, shank, shin, stump), ayak (buttress, foot, foot-operated, hoof, leg, pace, plates, pod, stand, step, stillage, stride, tootsy), çirkin elyazısı. (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

penje (tassle). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

скребти лапою, рука (arm, hand), лапати, лапа (hand, leg, pad, puller), бити копитом, почерк (calligraphy, handwriting, penmanship, script, write, writing). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

nét chữ. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

pawen, palf (hand, palm). (various references)

   

Yucatec

  

ook (foot, leg). (various references)

   

Zulu

  

unyawo (foot), umlenze (leg). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Paw

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

crus. (various references)

Late Latin300-700

branca. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Paw

LanguageDateSource1 Samuel Chapter 17, Verse 37
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKurioV oV exeilato me ek ceiroV tou leontoV kai ek ceiroV thV arkou autoV exeleitai me ek ceiroV tou allofulou tou aperitmhtou toutou kai eipen saoul proV dauid poreuou kai estai kurioV meta sou
Latin405VulgateEt ait David Dominus qui eruit me de manu leonis et de manu ursi ipse liberabit me de manu Philisthei huius dixit autem Saul ad David vade et Dominus tecum sit
Middle English1395WyclifAnd Dauid seith, The Lord that hath delyuerd me fro the mouth of the lioun, and fro the hoond of the beere, he shal delyuer me fro the hoond of this Philistee. Forsothe Saul seide to Dauid, Go, and the Lord be with thee.
Jacobean English1611King JamesDavid said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD be with thee.
Victorian English1833WebsterDavid said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said to David, Go, and the LORD be with thee.
Basic English1964OgdenAnd David said, The Lord, who kept me safe from the grip of the lion and the bear, will be my saviour from the hands of this Philistine. And Saul said to David, Go! and may the Lord be with you.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Paw

Language1 Samuel Chapter 17, Verse 37
CebuanoUg si David miingon: Si Jehova nga nagluwas kanako gikan sa tiil sa leon, ug gikan sa tiil sa oso, siya magaluwas kanako gikan sa kamot niining Filistehanon. Ug si Saul miingon kang David: Lakaw, ug si Jehova magauban kanimo.
CroatianDavid još dometne: "Jahve koji me izbavio iz lavlje pandže i medvjeðe šape izbavit æe me i iz ruku toga Filistejca." Tada Šaul reèe Davidu: "Idi i Jahve neka bude s tobom!"
DanishFremdeles sagde David: "HERREN, som har reddet mig fra Løvers og Bjørnes Vold, vil også redde mig fra denne Filisters Hånd!"Da sagde Saul til David: "Gå! HERREN være med dig!"
DutchVerder zeide David: De HEERE, Die mij van de hand des leeuws gered heeft, en uit de hand des beers, Die zal mij redden uit de hand van dezen Filistijn. Toen zeide Saul tot David: Ga heen, en de HEERE zij met u!
FinnishJa Daavid sanoi: "Herra, joka on pelastanut minut leijonan ja karhun kynsistä, pelastaa minut myös tämän filistealaisen käsistä". Silloin Saul sanoi Daavidille: "Mene; Herra olkoon sinun kanssasi".
FrenchDavid dit encore: L`Éternel, qui m`a délivré de la griffe du lion et de la patte de l`ours, me délivrera aussi de la main de ce Philistin. Et Saül dit à David: Va, et que l`Éternel soit avec toi!
GermanUnd David sprach: Der HERR, der mich von dem Löwen und Bären errettet hat, der wird mich auch erretten von diesem Philister.
HungarianÉs monda Dávid: Az Úr, a ki megszabadított engem az oroszlánnak és a medvének kezébõl, meg fog szabadítani engem e Filiszteusnak kezébõl is. Akkor monda Saul Dávidnak: Eredj el, és az Úr legyen veled!
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariTUHAN telah menyelamatkan hamba dari singa dan beruang, Dia juga akan menyelamatkan hamba dari orang Filistin itu." Lalu kata Saul kepadanya, "Baiklah, semoga TUHAN menolongmu."
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaDan lagi sembah Daud: Adapun Tuhan yang sudah meluputkan patik dari pada cakar singa dan dari pada cakar beruang itu, Ia juga akan meluputkan patik kelak dari pada tangan orang Filistin itu. Maka titah Saul kepada Daud: Pergilah juga engkau dan hendaklah Tuhan kiranya menyertai akan dikau.
ItalianDavide aggiunse: «Il Signore che mi ha liberato dalle unghie del leone e dalle unghie dell'orso, mi libererà anche dalle mani di questo Filisteo». Saul rispose a Davide: «Ebbene và e il Signore sia con te».
MaoriI mea ano a Rawiri, Ma Ihowa nana nei ahau i whakaora i te wae o te raiona, i te wae o te pea, mana ahau e whakaora i te ringa o tenei Pirihitini. Ano ra ko Haora ki a Rawiri, Haere, hei a koe ano a Ihowa.
NorwegianSå sa David: Herren, som har fridd mig av løvens og bjørnens vold, han skal også fri mig av denne filisters vold. Da sa Saul til David: Gå! Herren skal være med dig.
PortugueseDisse mais Davi: O Senhor, que me livrou das garras do leão, e das garras do urso, me livrará da mão deste filisteu. Então disse Saul a Davi: Vai, e o Senhor seja contigo.   
RumanianDavid a mai zis: ,,Domnul, care m`a izbqvit din ghiara leului, wi din laba ursului, mq va izbqvi wi din mkna acestui Filistean.`` Wi Saul a zis lui David: ,,Du-te, wi Domnul sq fie cu tine!``
SwedishOch David sade ytterligare: "HERREN, som räddade mig undan lejon och björn, han skall ock rädda mig undan denne filisté." Då sade Saul till David: "Gå då åstad; HERREN skall vara med dig."

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Paw

Derivations

Words beginning with "paw": pawed, pawer, pawers, pawing, pawkier, pawkiest, pawkily, pawky, pawl, pawls, pawn, pawnable, pawnage, pawnages, pawnbroker, pawnbrokers, pawnbroking, pawnbrokings, pawned, pawnee, pawnees, pawner, pawners, pawning, pawnor, pawnors, pawns, pawnshop, pawnshops, pawpaw, pawpaws, paws. (additional references)

Words ending with "paw": catspaw, forepaw, papaw, pawpaw, southpaw. (additional references)

Words containing "paw": catspaws, forepaws, impawn, impawned, impawning, impawns, papaws, southpaws, spawn, spawned, spawner, spawners, spawning, spawns. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Paw" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eaw, oaw, opew, paa, pab, paf, paj, pao, p'ao, paq, Pauw, pav, pawa, pawe, pawg, pawi, pawu, paz, pba, pbaa, pdw, peaw, pewd, pewg, pfa, piw, plaw, pow, praw, prawd, prw, ptw, puw, pw, pwa, pwb, pwd, pwy, uaw. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Paw

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: wap.

Words within the letters "a-p-w"

-1 letter: aw, pa.

 Words containing the letters "a-p-w"
 

+1 letter: gawp, pawl, pawn, paws, swap, waps, warp, wasp, whap, wrap, yawp.

 

+2 letters: gawps, papaw, pawed, pawer, pawky, pawls, pawns, pilaw, prawn, pshaw, spawn, swamp, swaps, warps, wasps, waspy, watap, whaps, whaup, wraps, wrapt, yawps.

 

+3 letters: bewrap, cowpat, cowpea, dewlap, enwrap, gawped, gawper, impawn, inwrap, papaws, pawers, pawing, pawned, pawnee, pawner, pawnor, pawpaw, paxwax, pesewa, pilaws, pitsaw, prawns, prelaw, prewar, prowar, pshaws, psywar, rewrap, ripsaw, spawns, sprawl, swamps, swampy, tawpie, unwrap, upwaft, upward, walkup, wallop, wampum, wampus, wapiti, wapped, warmup, warped, warper, washup, watape, wataps, weapon, whaups, yawped, yawper.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Quotations: Familiar
10. Quotations: Fiction
11. Quotations: Non-fiction
12. Usage Frequency
13. Expressions
14. Expressions: Internet
15. Translations: Modern
16. Translations: Ancient
17. Bible Trace
18. Abbreviations
19. Acronyms
20. Derivations
21. Anagrams
22. Bibliography


  

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