paw
verb/pɔː/
/pɔː/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they paw | /pɔː/ /pɔː/ |
| he / she / it paws | /pɔːz/ /pɔːz/ |
| past simple pawed | /pɔːd/ /pɔːd/ |
| past participle pawed | /pɔːd/ /pɔːd/ |
| -ing form pawing | /ˈpɔːɪŋ/ /ˈpɔːɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] (of an animal) to scratch or touch something repeatedly with a paw
- paw at something The dog pawed at my sleeve.
- paw something The stallion pawed the ground impatiently.
- [transitive] paw somebody to touch somebody in a rough sexual way that they find offensive
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French poue, probably of Germanic origin and related to Dutch poot.
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