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Definitions and meaning of paw

paw

Etymology 1

From Middle English pawe, from Old French poue, poe, from Frankish *pōta (compare Dutch poot, Low German Pote, German Pfote), from Frankish *pōtōn (“to put, stick, plant”) (compare Dutch poten 'to plant'), from Proto-Germanic *putōną (compare Old English potian (“to push”), pȳtan (“to put out, poke out”), Icelandic pota (“to stick”), Albanian putër 'paw'). More at put.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: pô, IPA^(key): /pɔː/
• Rhymes: -ɔː
• (US) enPR: pô, IPA^(key): /pɔ/
• (cot–caught merger) enPR: pä, IPA^(key): /pɑ/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /poː/
• Homophones: poor (non-rhotic with cure-force merger), pore, pour (non-rhotic with horse-hoarse merger), par (non-rhotic with cot-caught and father-bother mergers), pa (with cot-caught and father-bother mergers)
• Hyphenation: paw

Noun

paw (plural paws)

1. The soft foot of a mammal or other animal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nails; comparable to a human hand or foot.

   Synonyms: hand, foot

   Hypernym: extremity

   Holonym: limb

   Meronyms: claw, finger

2. (humorous) A hand.

Coordinate terms

• hoof, talon

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

paw (third-person singular simple present paws, present participle pawing, simple past and past participle pawed)

1. (of an animal) To go through something (such as a garbage can) with paws.
2. (of an animal) To gently push on something with a paw.
3. (of an animal) To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot.
4. (by extension) To touch someone in a sexual way.

   Synonym: grope
5. (by extension) To clumsily dig through something.
6. (transitive, dated) To flatter.

Translations

See also

• palpate
• paw off

Etymology 2

The word probably has an origin in baby talk: see ‘pa’.

Pronunciation

• enPR: pô, IPA^(key): /pɔː/
• Rhymes: -ɔː
• Homophones: poor (in non-rhotic accents), pore (in non-rhotic accents), pour (in non-rhotic accents)
• Hyphenation: paw (one syllable)

Noun

paw (plural paws)

1. (nonstandard or rustic) Father; pa.

   Synonyms: pawpaw, pa, papa, father, dad, daddy, pappy

   Hypernym: parent

   Hyponym: step-paw

   Coordinate terms: maw, brother, sis, sissy

Derived terms

• pawpaw

Related terms

• pa

Anagrams

• APW, AWP, PWA, WAP, WPA, wap

Jingpho

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese ဖော့ (hpau.).

Noun

paw

1. cork

References

• Kurabe, Keita (2016 December 31) “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎^[3], volume 35, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 91–128

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin pavō. Cognates within Slavic include Upper Sorbian paw, Polish paw, Czech páv, Slovene pav, and Russian павли́н (pavlín).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paw/

Noun

paw (feminine pawa)

1. peacock (pheasant of one of the genera Pavo and Afropavo)

Declension

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “paw”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “paw”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old High German phāwe, from Latin pāvō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paf/
• Rhymes: -af
• Syllabification: paw

Noun

paw m animal (female equivalent pawica)

1. (male) peacock
2. (colloquial) puke; vomit

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• paw in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• paw in Polish dictionaries at PWN