paw
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped
Types & categories
- animal foot hypernym
- forepaw hyponym
Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
- paw derivation
Sense 2 verb
scrape with the paws
The bear pawed the door
Types & categories
- scrape hypernym
Related & opposite
- paw derivation
Sense 3 noun
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
he had the hands of a surgeon
Types & categories
- extremity hypernym
- fist hyponym
- hooks hyponym
- right hand hyponym
- left hand hyponym
Parts & wholes
- human being part holonym
- arm part holonym
- digital arteries part meronym
- metacarpal artery part meronym
- intercapitular vein part meronym
- metacarpal vein part meronym
- palm part meronym
- finger part meronym
- ball part meronym
- metacarpus part meronym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
touch clumsily
The man tried to paw her
Types & categories
- caress hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | paw |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | canid |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | feline |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | pad |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | animal foot |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | forepaw |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | paw |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | scrape |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | paw |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | hand |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | human being |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | arm |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | digital arteries |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | metacarpal artery |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | intercapitular vein |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | metacarpal vein |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | palm |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | finger |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | ball |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | metacarpus |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | extremity |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | fist |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | hooks |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | right hand |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | left hand |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | hand |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | pawer |
| 4 | entails | Related & opposite | touch |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | caress |