Noun

• S: (n) paw (a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped)
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• part meronym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• part holonym
• S: (n) canine, canid (any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles)
• S: (n) feline, felid (any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals, many with retractile claws)
• derivationally related form
• W: (v) paw [Related to: paw] (scrape with the paws) "The bear pawed the door"
• S: (n) hand, manus, mitt, paw (the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb) "he had the hands of a surgeon"; "he extended his mitt"

Verb

• S: (v) paw (scrape with the paws) "The bear pawed the door"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) scrape, grate (scratch repeatedly) "The cat scraped at the armchair"
• S: (v) rub (move over something with pressure) "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin"
• S: (v) guide, run, draw, pass (pass over, across, or through) "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers"
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• S: (v) paw (touch clumsily) "The man tried to paw her"