Tra từ claw - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

claw [claw claws clawed clawing] noun, verb BrE [klɔː] NAmE [klɔː]
noun

1. one of the sharp curved nails on the end of an animal's or a bird's foot
•The cat lashed out with its claws.
2. a long, sharp curved part of the body of some types of ↑shellfish, used for catching and holding things
•the claws of a crab
3. part of a tool or machine, like a claw, used for holding, pulling or lifting things
see also ↑claw hammer
more at red in tooth and claw at ↑red _adj.

Word Origin:
Old English clawu (noun), clawian (verb), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch klauw and German Klaue.

Example Bank:
•The lion growled and showed its claws.
•The tiger dug its claws into his leg.
•a cat with sharp claws
Idioms: claw your way back/into something/out of something/to something ▪ ↑get your claws into somebody
Derived: ↑claw something back

verb intransitive, transitive
to scratch or tear sb/sth with ↑claws or with your nails
•~ at sb/sth The cat was clawing at the leg of the chair.
• (figurative)Branches clawed at her hair.
•~ sb/sth She had clawed Stephen across the face.
• (figurative)His hands clawed the air.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Old English clawu (noun), clawian (verb), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch klauw and German Klaue.

Example Bank:
•She flew at him, clawing blindly with her nails.
•She screamed and clawed at his eyes.