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noun | verb pawpaw1 /pɔ/ ●●○ noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYpaw1Origin: 1200-1300 Old French poue 1 an animal’s foot that has nails or claws: The cat licked its paws.2informal someone’s hand: Keep your paws to yourself! [Origin: 1200–1300 Old French poue] noun | verb pawpaw2 verb VERB TABLEpaw |
Present | I, you, we, they | paw | | he, she, it | paws | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | pawed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have pawed | | he, she, it | has pawed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had pawed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will paw | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have pawed |
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Present | I | am pawing | | he, she, it | is pawing | | you, we, they | are pawing | Past | I, he, she, it | was pawing | | you, we, they | were pawing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been pawing | | he, she, it | has been pawing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been pawing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be pawing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been pawing |
1[intransitive, transitive] if an animal paws a surface, it touches or rubs one place several times with its paw: paw at The dog’s pawing at the door again.2[intransitive, transitive] informal to feel or touch someone in a rough or sexual way that is offensive: He’d had too much to drink and started pawing me.3[intransitive always + adv./prep.] to touch a lot of things, especially when you are looking for something: paw through/over/around She pawed through the wastebasket, searching for the letter. |