Definition of claw

• n. - A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird.
• n. - The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails; the pinchers of a lobster, crab, etc.
• n. - Anything resembling the claw of an animal, as the curved and forked end of a hammer for drawing nails.
• n. - A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, as the base of petals of the pink.
• n. - To pull, tear, or scratch with, or as with, claws or nails.
• n. - To relieve from some uneasy sensation, as by scratching; to tickle; hence, to flatter; to court.
• n. - To rail at; to scold.
• v. i. - To scrape, scratch, or dig with a claw, or with the hand as a claw.