paw

1. (transitive) Of an animal, to touch (something) with a paw.transitive

2. (transitive) Of an animal, to dig through (something, such as a garbage can) with paws.transitive

3. (transitive) Of an animal, to draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot.Examples: "He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men."transitive

4. (transitive, by extension) To touch (someone) in a sexual way.Examples: "IronMan used to be good in this way, back in the '80s. […] They wouldn't subscribe to the old, "Let's put a male bodybuilder with silicone babes pawing him" cover that's mainstay now."; "So, Katherine was out with Luke and they were both quite dolled up and swoon-worthy. Katherine fawned all over Luke and pawed him, but to what end? Was Stefan supposed to believe that Luke and Katherine have some sort of a thing going? What was the point of this display from Katherine's perspective?"; "Subtlety is great, but what exactly happened with Jessica and the cop during sex that he locked her up afterwards? Also, what was the item she nicked from his shirt while she pawed him?"Synonyms: feel up, fiddle, fondle, grope, palpate, touch upbroadlytransitive

5. (transitive, by extension) To clumsily dig (through something).Synonyms: fumble, go through, rummagebroadlytransitive

6. (transitive, dated) To flatter.datedtransitive

1. (nonstandard or rustic) Father; pa.Synonyms: ayr, ba, baba, da, dad, dada, daddio, daddy

1. (uncountable) Abbreviation of plasma arc welding (an arc welding technology).Synonyms: PAW weldingabbreviationalt-ofuncountable

2. (countable) Abbreviation of plasma arc weld (a weld created with the PAW process).Synonyms: PAW weldabbreviationalt-ofcountable