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Satan

N satan, the Devil, Lucifer, Mephistopheles, Ahriman, Belial, Samael, Zamiel, Beelzebub, the Prince of the Devils, the tempter, the evil one, the evil spirit, the Adversary, the archenemy, the author of evil, the wicked one, the old Serpent, the Prince of darkness, the Prince of this world, the Prince of the power of the air, the foul fiend, the arch fiend, the devil incarnate, the common enemy, the angel of the bottomless pit, Abaddon, Apollyon, fallen angels, unclean spirits, devils, the rulers, the powers of darkness, inhabitants of Pandemonium, demon, diabolism, devilism, devilship, diabolology, satanism, devil worship, manicheism, the cloven foot, satanic, diabolic, devilish, infernal, hellborn, Mythological and other fabulous Deities and Powers.

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WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
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Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun claw has 4 senses

claw(n = noun.animal) - sharp curved horny process on the toe of a bird or some mammals or reptiles;

has particulars:

bear claw

talon

is a kind of horny structure, unguis

Derived form verb claw₃

claw(n = noun.artifact) hook - a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something;

has particulars: anchor, ground tackle, pothook, tenterhook

is a part of clothes hanger, coat hanger, dress hanger, grapnel, grapple, grappler, grappling hook, grappling iron

is a kind of mechanical device

claw(n = noun.animal) chela, nipper, pincer - a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods;

is a part of crustacean

is a kind of appendage, extremity, member

Derived form verb claw₃

claw(n = noun.animal) - a bird's foot;

is a kind of

bird's foot

Derived form verb claw₃

Verb claw has 4 senses

claw(v = verb.motion) - move as if by clawing, seizing, or digging; "They clawed their way to the top of the mountain"

is one way to

make

work

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something PP

claw(v = verb.contact) - clutch as if in panic; "She clawed the doorknob"

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP

claw(v = verb.contact) - scratch, scrape, pull, or dig with claws or nails;

Derived forms noun claw₄, noun claw₁, noun claw₃

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP

claw(v = verb.communication) - attack as if with claws; "The politician clawed his rival"

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

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CIDE DICTIONARY

claw, n. [AS. clawu, clā, cleó; akin to D. klaauw, G. klaue, Icel. klō, Sw. & Dan. klo, and perh. to E. clew.].

A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird. [1913 Webster]
The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails; the pinchers of a lobster, crab, etc. [1913 Webster]
Anything resembling the claw of an animal, as the curved and forked end of a hammer for drawing nails. [1913 Webster]
A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, as the base of petals of the pink. Gray. [1913 Webster]

Claw hammer, a hammer with one end of the metallic head cleft for use in extracting nails, etc. -- Claw hammer coat, a dress coat of the swallowtail pattern. [Slang] -- Claw sickness, foot rot, a disease affecting sheep.

claw, v. t. [AS. clawan. See Claw, n.].

To pull, tear, or scratch with, or as with, claws or nails. [1913 Webster]
To relieve from some uneasy sensation, as by scratching; to tickle; hence, to flatter; to court. [1913 Webster]
"Rich men they claw, soothe up, and flatter; the poor they contemn and despise." [1913 Webster]
To rail at; to scold. [1913 Webster]
"In the aforesaid preamble, the king fairly claweth the great monasteries, wherein, saith he, religion, thanks be to God, is right well kept and observed; though he claweth them soon after in another acceptation." [1913 Webster]

Claw me, claw thee, stand by me and I will stand by you; -- an old proverb. Tyndale. -- To claw away, to scold or revile. “The jade Fortune is to be clawed away for it, if you should lose it.” L'Estrange. -- To claw (one) on the back, to tickle; to express approbation. (Obs.) Chaucer. -- To claw (one) on the gall, to find fault with; to vex. [Obs.] Chaucer.

claw, v. i.

To scrape, scratch, or dig with a claw, or with the hand as a claw. W. D. Howells. [1913 Webster]

To claw off (Naut.), to turn to windward and beat, to prevent falling on a lee shore.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

claw, n. & v.
--n.
1 a a pointed horny nail on an animal's or bird's foot. b a foot armed with claws.
2 the pincers of a shellfish.
3 a device for grappling, holding, etc.
--v.
1 tr. & intr. scratch, maul, or pull (a person or thing) with claws.
2 tr. & intr. Sc. scratch gently.
3 intr. Naut. beat to windward.

Idiom

claw back
1 regain laboriously or gradually.
2 recover (money paid out) from another source (e.g. taxation).
claw-back n.
1 the act of clawing back.
2 money recovered in this way. claw-hammer a hammer with one side of the head forked for extracting nails.

Derivative

clawed adj. (also in comb.). clawer n. clawless adj.

Etymology

OE clawu, clawian

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THESAURUS

claw

abduct, abrade, agonize, bark, blemish, bloody, break, burn, carry off, catch, chafe, check, chip, convulse, crack, craze, crucify, cut, excruciate, fracture, fray, frazzle, fret, gall, gash, grab, grapple, harrow, hurt, impale, incise, injure, kidnap, kill by inches, lacerate, lancinate, macerate, maim, make mincemeat of, martyr, martyrize, maul, mutilate, nail, pierce, puncture, punish, rack, rake, rend, rip, run, rupture, savage, scald, scarify, scorch, scotch, scrabble, scrape, scratch, scuff, shanghai, skin, slash, slit, sprain, stab, stick, strain, talon, tear, throttle, torment, torture, traumatize, wound, wrench, wring

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Taking

VB take, catch, hook, nab, bag, sack, pocket, put into one's pocket, receive, accept, reap, crop, cull, pluck, gather, draw, appropriate, expropriate, impropriate, assume, possess oneself of, take possession of, commandeer, lay one's hands on, clap one's hands on, help oneself to, make free with, dip one's hands into, lay under contribution, intercept, scramble for, deprive of, take away, carry away, bear away, take off, carry off, bear off, adeem, abstract, hurry off with, run away with, abduct, steal, ravish, seize, pounce upon, spring upon, swoop to, swoop down upon, take by storm, take by assault, snatch, reave, snap up, nip up, whip up, catch up, kidnap, crimp, capture, lay violent hands on, get hold of, lay hold of, take hold of, catch hold of, lay fast hold of, take firm hold of, lay by the heels, take prisoner, fasten upon, grip, grapple, embrace, gripe, clasp, grab, clutch, collar, throttle, take by the throat, claw, clinch, clench, make sure of, catch at, jump at, make a grab at, snap at, snatch at, reach, make a long arm, stretch forth one's hand, take from, take away from, disseize, deduct, retrench, dispossess, ease one of, snatch from one's grasp, tear from, tear away from, wrench from, wrest from, wring from, extort, deprive of, bereave, disinherit, cut off with a shilling, oust, divest, levy, distrain, confiscate, sequester, sequestrate, accroach, usurp, despoil, strip, fleece, shear, displume, impoverish, eat out of house and home, drain, drain to the dregs, gut, dry, exhaust, swallow up, absorb, draw off, suck the blood of, suck like a leech, retake, resume, recover.

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