| paw | (noun) a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped | - |
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| (noun) the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb | Synonyms: hand, manus, mitt |
| (verb) touch clumsily | - |
| (verb) scrape with the paws | - |
| pawer | (noun) a person who handles or caresses in a clumsy or overfamiliar manner | - |
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| pawky | (adjective) cunning and sly | - |
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| pawl | (noun) a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward | Synonyms: click, detent, dog |
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| pawn | (noun) borrowing and leaving an article as security for repayment of the loan | - |
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| (noun) (chess) the least powerful piece; moves only forward and captures only to the side; it can be promoted to a more powerful piece if it reaches the 8th rank | - |
| (noun) a person used by another to gain an end | Synonyms: cat's-paw, instrument |
| (noun) an article deposited as security | - |
| (verb) leave as a guarantee in return for money | Synonyms: hock, soak |
| pawnbroker | (noun) a person who lends money at interest in exchange for personal property that is deposited as security | - |
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| pawnshop | (noun) a shop where loans are made with personal property as security | Synonyms: loan office, pawnbroker's shop |
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| pawpaw | (noun) fruit with yellow flesh; related to custard apples | Synonyms: papaw |
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| (noun) small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit | Synonyms: Asimina triloba, papaw, papaw tree |
| (noun) tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit | Synonyms: Carica papaya, melon tree, papaia, papaya, papaya tree |