"I cannot claw my owner", said the cat.
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Claw
//klɔ//
Synonyms for "claw" (97 found)
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1 entriesderived
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2 entriesis a
5 entriesmanner of
4 entriespart of
3 entriesrelated to
31 entriesShowing 16 of 31 words.
Translations
295 translations across 102 languages.
Abaga
1 entries- ag̶iŋkoʔai noun (curved horny nail)
Afrikaans
1 entries- klou noun (curved horny nail)
Albanian
1 entries- kthetër noun (curved horny nail)
Arabic
4 entries- بُرْثُن noun (curved horny nail)
- كَلَّاب noun (pincer of a crustacean)
- كُلَّاب noun (pincer of a crustacean)
- مخلب noun (curved horny nail)
Armenian
4 entries- ճանկ noun (curved horny nail)
- ճիրան noun (curved horny nail)
- մագիլ noun (curved horny nail)
- չանչ noun (pincer of a crustacean)
Assamese
1 entries- নখ noun (curved horny nail)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- caynaq noun (curved horny nail)
- dırnaq noun (curved horny nail)
- pəncə noun (curved horny nail)
- qısqac noun (pincer of a crustacean)
Basque
1 entries- atzapar noun (curved horny nail)
Bats
1 entries- მჵაჲრი̆ noun (curved horny nail)
Belarusian
4 entries- клюшня́ noun (pincer of a crustacean)
- ко́каць noun (curved horny nail)
- кі́пець noun (curved horny nail)
- кіпцю́р noun (curved horny nail)
Bengali
2 entries- নখ noun (curved horny nail)
- নখর noun (curved horny nail)
Breton
1 entries- meud noun (pincer of a crustacean)
Bulgarian
3 entries- но́кът noun (curved horny nail)
- щи́пка noun (pincer of a crustacean)
- дращя verb (scratch or tear at)
Burmese
2 entries- စွန်ကုပ် noun (curved horny nail)
- လက်သည်း noun (curved horny nail)
Buryat
1 entries- һабар noun (curved horny nail)
Catalan
4 entries- arpa noun (foot equipped with such)
- garfi noun (mechanical device for gripping)
- pinça noun (pincer of a crustacean)
- urpa noun (curved horny nail)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- چرنووک noun (curved horny nail)
- چنگ noun (curved horny nail)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 爪 noun (curved horny nail)
- 爪子 noun (curved horny nail)
- 鉗 /钳 noun (pincer of a crustacean)
- 鉗子 /钳子 noun (mechanical device for gripping)
Church Slavic
1 entries- ногъть noun (curved horny nail)
Czech
4 entries- dráp noun (curved horny nail)
- klepeto noun (pincer of a crustacean)
- drapnout verb (to use claws to seize, to grip)
- drápat verb (scratch or tear at)
Danish
4 entries- klo noun (curved horny nail)
- klo noun (mechanical device for gripping)
- klosaks noun (pincer of a crustacean)
- gribe verb (to use claws to seize, to grip)
Dutch
3 entries- klauw noun (curved horny nail)
- schaar noun (pincer of a crustacean)
- klauwen verb (scratch or tear at)
Egyptian
1 entries- a:n-t:D51 noun (curved horny nail)
Esperanto
4 entries- pinĉilo noun (pincer of a crustacean)
- ungego noun (curved horny nail)
- ungo noun (curved horny nail)
- ungi verb (scratch or tear at)
Estonian
3 entries- küünis noun (curved horny nail)
- sõrg noun (pincer of a crustacean)
- küünistama verb (scratch or tear at)
Faroese
1 entries- klógv noun (curved horny nail)
Finnish
4 entries- kynnet noun (foot equipped with such)
- kynsi noun (curved horny nail)
- käpälä noun (foot equipped with such)
- leuka noun (mechanical device for gripping)
French
4 entries- griffe noun (curved horny nail)
- pince noun (pincer of a crustacean)
- griffer verb (scratch or tear at)
- s'agripper verb (to use claws to seize, to grip)
Galician
3 entries- gadoupa noun (foot equipped with such)
- garra noun (curved horny nail)
- uña noun (curved horny nail)
Georgian
4 entries- ბრჭყალი noun (curved horny nail)
- კლანჭი noun (curved horny nail)
- მარწუხი noun (pincer of a crustacean)
- ჭანგი noun (curved horny nail)
German
4 entries- Greifer noun (mechanical device for gripping)
- Klaue noun (curved horny nail)
- Kralle noun (curved horny nail)
- Schere noun (pincer of a crustacean)
Greek
4 entries- αρπάγη noun (pincer of a crustacean)
- δαγκάνα noun (pincer of a crustacean)
- νύχι noun (curved horny nail)
- νυχιάζω verb (scratch or tear at)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- grif noun (curved horny nail)
Hausa
1 entries- akaifa noun (curved horny nail)
Hebrew
2 entries- טֹפֶר noun (curved horny nail)
- טוֹפֶר noun (curved horny nail)
Hindi
4 entries- खाँग noun (curved horny nail)
- चुंगल noun (curved horny nail)
- नख noun (curved horny nail)
- पंजा noun (curved horny nail)
Hungarian
4 entries- karom noun (curved horny nail)
- köröm noun (curved horny nail)
- olló noun (pincer of a crustacean)
- karmol verb (scratch or tear at)
Icelandic
1 entries- kló noun (curved horny nail)
Indonesian
1 entries- cakar noun (curved horny nail)
Ingrian
1 entries- pihet noun (pincer of a crustacean)
Irish
4 entries- crág noun (foot equipped with such)
- crúb noun (curved horny nail)
- crúb noun (pincer of a crustacean)
- ladhar noun (mechanical device for gripping)
Italian
4 entries- artiglio noun (curved horny nail)
- chela noun (pincer of a crustacean)
- palanchino noun (mechanical device for gripping)
- piede di porco noun (mechanical device for gripping)
Japanese
2 entries- はさみ noun (pincer of a crustacean)
- 爪 noun (curved horny nail)
Kazakh
1 entries- тырнақ noun (curved horny nail)
Khmer
3 entries- ក្រចក noun (curved horny nail)
- ក្រញាំ noun (curved horny nail)
- តង្កៀប noun (pincer of a crustacean)
Korean
3 entries- 겸각 noun (pincer of a crustacean)
- 발톱 noun (curved horny nail)
- 집게발 noun (pincer of a crustacean)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- тырмак noun (curved horny nail)
Lao
2 entries- ກ້າມ noun (pincer of a crustacean)
- ເລັບ noun (curved horny nail)
Latin
1 entries- unguis noun (curved horny nail)
Latvian
3 entries- nags noun (curved horny nail)
- spīle noun (pincer of a crustacean)
- ķetna noun (foot equipped with such)
Lithuanian
2 entries- nagas noun (curved horny nail)
- žnyplė noun (pincer of a crustacean)
Luxembourgish
2 entries- Klo noun (curved horny nail)
- Krall noun (curved horny nail)
Macedonian
3 entries- канџа noun (curved horny nail)
- штипалка noun (pincer of a crustacean)
- штипка noun (pincer of a crustacean)
Malay
1 entries- cakar noun (curved horny nail)
Maltese
1 entries- granf noun (curved horny nail)
Manchu
2 entries- ᠣᡧᠣᡥᠣ noun (curved horny nail)
- ᠸᠠᠰᡳᡥᠠ noun (curved horny nail)
Marathi
1 entries- पंजा noun (curved horny nail)
Middle English
4 entries- clawe noun (curved horny nail)
- clawe noun (mechanical device for gripping)
- cle noun (curved horny nail)
- cle noun (mechanical device for gripping)
Mongolian
1 entries- савар noun (curved horny nail)
Māori
4 entries- kotikara noun (curved horny nail)
- kotikara noun (mechanical device for gripping)
- matihao noun (curved horny nail)
- matikuku noun (curved horny nail)
Nepali
2 entries- पन्जा noun (curved horny nail)
- पन्जा noun (foot equipped with such)
Norman
1 entries- grimmer verb (scratch or tear at)
Northern Altai
2 entries- тырбак noun (curved horny nail)
- тыргак noun (curved horny nail)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- klo noun (curved horny nail)
- klo noun (pincer of a crustacean)
Occitan
2 entries- arpa noun (curved horny nail)
- pinça noun (pincer of a crustacean)
Old English
1 entries- clawu noun (curved horny nail)
Ottoman Turkish
4 entries- طرمیق noun (curved horny nail)
- طرناق noun (curved horny nail)
- پنچه noun (curved horny nail)
- پنچه noun (foot equipped with such)
Papiamentu
1 entries- pata noun (curved horny nail)
Persian
4 entries- پَنْجِه noun (foot equipped with such)
- چَنْگ noun (curved horny nail)
- چَنْگال noun (curved horny nail)
- چَنْگَک noun (pincer of a crustacean)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Kleiw noun (curved horny nail)
Polish
4 entries- kleszcze noun (pincer of a crustacean)
- kleszcze noun (mechanical device for gripping)
- pazur noun (curved horny nail)
- szczypce noun (pincer of a crustacean)
Portuguese
4 entries- garra noun (curved horny nail)
- garra noun (mechanical device for gripping)
- puã noun (pincer of a crustacean)
- tenaz noun (pincer of a crustacean)
Quechua
2 entries- sillu noun (curved horny nail)
- silluy verb (scratch or tear at)
Romanian
4 entries- chelă noun (pincer of a crustacean)
- clește noun (pincer of a crustacean)
- clește noun (mechanical device for gripping)
- gheară noun (curved horny nail)
Russian
4 entries- захва́т noun (mechanical device for gripping)
- клешня́ noun (pincer of a crustacean)
- ко́готь noun (curved horny nail)
- ла́па noun (foot equipped with such)
Sanskrit
1 entries- नख noun (curved horny nail)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- spòg noun (foot equipped with such)
- ìne noun (curved horny nail)
- sgrìob verb (scratch or tear at)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- klijéšta noun (pincer of a crustacean)
- kléšta noun (pincer of a crustacean)
- kȃndža noun (curved horny nail)
- pȃndža noun (curved horny nail)
Slovak
3 entries- dráp noun (curved horny nail)
- klepeto noun (pincer of a crustacean)
- driapať verb (scratch or tear at)
Slovene
2 entries- klešče noun (pincer of a crustacean)
- krempelj noun (curved horny nail)
Southern Altai
1 entries- тырмак noun (curved horny nail)
Spanish
4 entries- garra noun (curved horny nail)
- pinza noun (pincer of a crustacean)
- tenaza noun (pincer of a crustacean)
- zarpa noun (foot equipped with such)
Swahili
1 entries- ukucha noun (curved horny nail)
Swedish
4 entries- klo noun (curved horny nail)
- klo noun (pincer of a crustacean)
- klösa verb (scratch or tear at)
- riva verb (scratch or tear at)
Tagalog
1 entries- pangalmot noun (curved horny nail)
Tajik
4 entries- чанг noun (curved horny nail)
- чангак noun (curved horny nail)
- чангол noun (curved horny nail)
- чангол noun (pincer of a crustacean)
Tatar
1 entries- тырнак noun (curved horny nail)
Telugu
1 entries- గోరు noun (curved horny nail)
Thai
3 entries- กรงเล็บ noun (curved horny nail)
- ก้าม noun (pincer of a crustacean)
- เล็บ noun (curved horny nail)
Turkish
2 entries- kıskaç noun (pincer of a crustacean)
- pençe noun (curved horny nail)
Turkmen
1 entries- dyrnak noun (curved horny nail)
Ukrainian
2 entries- клішня́ noun (pincer of a crustacean)
- кі́готь noun (curved horny nail)
Urdu
1 entries- پَنْجہ noun (curved horny nail)
Uyghur
2 entries- تىرناق noun (curved horny nail)
- پەنجە noun (curved horny nail)
Uzbek
4 entries- changal noun (curved horny nail)
- changal noun (pincer of a crustacean)
- panja noun (pincer of a crustacean)
- tirnoq noun (curved horny nail)
Vietnamese
2 entries- móng noun (curved horny nail)
- vuốt noun (curved horny nail)
Volapük
2 entries- kluv noun (curved horny nail)
- kral noun (curved horny nail)
Welsh
2 entries- bawd noun (pincer of a crustacean)
- crafanc noun (curved horny nail)
West-Frisian
2 entries- klau noun (curved horny nail)
- kloer noun (curved horny nail)
Yakut
1 entries- тыҥырах noun (curved horny nail)
Yiddish
1 entries- קרעל noun (curved horny nail)
Zulu
1 entries- izipho noun (curved horny nail)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
Don't let him claw you.
Source: tatoeba (1741994)
Where did you claw them?
Source: tatoeba (1884335)
Tom wedged the claw of the crowbar under the nailhead and pulled out the nail.
Source: tatoeba (1922104)
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