clawed
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Definition
- Adjective:
- (Of predatory animals) armed with claws or talons: Describes an animal, typically a predator, that possesses claws or talons as natural weapons.
- Having or resembling a claw or claws; often used as a combining form: Describes something that has claws or a shape similar to a claw. This meaning is frequently used to form compound adjectives.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- The clawed predator silently stalked its prey through the undergrowth.
- The fossil revealed the imprint of a large, clawed foot.
- He was scratched by the cat's sharp-clawed paws.
Advanced Usage
- Used as a combining form: The adjective 'clawed' is often combined with another adjective to describe the nature of the claws.
- The eagle is a sharp-clawed bird of prey.
- They studied the remains of a long-clawed dinosaur.
Variants and Related Words
- Claw (noun): A sharp, curved nail on the foot of an animal, especially a bird or a mammal.
- The bear used its powerful claws to dig for roots.
- Claw (verb): To scratch or tear at something with claws or fingernails.
- The cat will claw the furniture if not given a scratching post.
Synonyms
- Taloned: Having talons (specifically for birds of prey).
- Unguiculate: (Technical/Biological) Having nails or claws.
Related Phrases
- Clawed its way: A phrase using the verb 'claw' to describe moving or progressing with great difficulty or determination, as if using claws.
- The startup clawed its way to profitability. (Note: This uses the verb 'claw', not the adjective 'clawed').
Related Idioms
- To get one's claws into someone: To gain a harmful or controlling influence over someone.
- Once the loan shark gets his claws into you, it's hard to break free. (Note: This idiom uses the noun 'claws', not the adjective 'clawed').
Adjective
- (of predatory animals) armed with claws or talons
- having or resembling a claw or claws; often used as a combining form
- sharp-clawed