Antonyms for paw

Grammar : Verb

Spell : paw

Phonetic Transcription : pɔ

Definition of paw

Origin : c.1300, from Old French powe, poe "paw, fist," of uncertain origin. Evidence points to a Gallo-Romance root form *pauta which probably is related to the source of patten.

verb touch roughly

Example sentences :

Rechid was only their cat's-paw, thinking he played his own hand.
Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson

Before, he had looked like a giant; now Wahb felt he could crush him with one paw.
Extract from : « The Biography of a Grizzly » by Ernest Seton-Thompson

At this, with one sweep of his sword, Hugh struck at the cat's paw.
Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis

The creature comes to the tree by night, inserts his paw, and grasps his booty.
Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles

He placed his paw on one, and its movements were accelerated.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

Its ear and its paw are like that of a mouse, and it has a very lively eye.
Extract from : « The History of Louisiana » by Le Page Du Pratz

He will carry a basket, and will catch a ball, and he will give you his paw.
Extract from : « Harper's Young People, July 6, 1880 » by Various

Well, you could have blown me and Jonadab over with a cat's-paw.
Extract from : « Cape Cod Stories » by Joseph C. Lincoln

They've got no harbour there at all with a cat's paw of a breeze, let alone a northwester.
Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine

Alas, that first pair of the six— They paw the ground—Ah Walter!
Extract from : « Browning's England » by Helen Archibald Clarke

Synonyms for paw

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