Synonyms of the word

paw

• n. The soft foot of a mammal or other animal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nails; comparable…
• n. (humorous) A hand.
• v. (of an animal) To go through something (such as a garbage can) with paws.
• v. (of an animal) To gently push on something with a paw.
• v. (of an animal) To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot.
• v. (by extension, of a human) To touch someone (with the hands) in a sexual way.
• v. (by extension, of a human) To clumsily dig through something.
• n. (nonstandard or rural) Father; pa.

caress

• n. An act of endearment; any act or expression of affection; an embracing, or touching, with tenderness.
• n. A gentle stroking or rubbing.
• v. (transitive) To touch or kiss lovingly; to fondle.
• v. (transitive) To affect as if with a caress.

extremity

• n. The most extreme or furthest point of something.
• n. An extreme measure.
• n. A hand or foot.
• n. A limb (major appendage of human or animal such as a leg an arm or a wing).

foot

• n. (countable) A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently…
• n. (countable, anatomy) Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing…
• n. (uncountable, often used attributively) Travel by walking.
• n. (countable) The base or bottom of anything.
• n. (countable) The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest.
• n. (countable) The end of a rectangular table opposite the head.
• n. (countable) A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it.
• n. (countable) A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.
• n. (countable, music) A unit of measure for organ pipes equal to the wavelength of two octaves above middle…
• n. (military, collective) Foot soldiers; infantry.
• n. (countable, cigars) The end of a cigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting.
• n. (countable, sewing) The part of a sewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve…
• n. (countable, printing) The bottommost part of a typed or printed page.
• n. (printing) The base of a piece of type, forming the sides of the groove.
• n. (countable, prosody) The basic measure of rhythm in a poem.
• n. (countable, phonology) The parsing of syllables into prosodic constituents, which are used to determine…
• n. (countable, nautical) The bottom edge of a sail.
• n. (countable, billiards) The end of a billiard or pool table behind the foot point where the balls are racked.
• n. (countable, botany) In a bryophyte, that portion of a sporophyte which remains embedded within and attached…
• n. (countable, malacology) The muscular part of a bivalve mollusc or a gastropod by which it moves or holds…
• n. (countable, molecular biology) The globular lower domain of a protein.
• n. (countable, geometry) The point of intersection of one line with another that is perpendicular to it.
• n. (uncountable) Fundamental principle; basis; plan.
• n. (uncountable) Recognized condition; rank; footing.
• v. (transitive) To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).
• v. (transitive) To pay (a bill).
• v. To tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip.
• v. To walk.
• v. To tread.
• v. (obsolete) To set on foot; to establish; to land.
• v. To renew the foot of (a stocking, etc.).
• v. To sum up, as the numbers in a column; sometimes with up.

grate

• n. A horizontal metal grill through which water, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot.
• n. A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning.
• v. (transitive) To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars.
• v. (transitive, cooking) To shred things, usually foodstuffs, by rubbing across a grater.
• v. (intransitive) To rub against, making a (usually unpleasant) squeaking sound.
• v. (by extension, intransitive) To grate on one’s nerves; to irritate or annoy.
• v. (intransitive) To make an unpleasant rasping sound.
• v. (by extension, transitive, obsolete) To annoy.
• adj. (obsolete) Serving to gratify; agreeable.

hand

• n. The part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other…
• n. (heading) That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand.
• n. (heading) In linear measurement.
• n. A side; part, camp; direction, either right or left.
• n. Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.
• n. An agent; a servant, or manual laborer, especially in compounds; a workman, trained or competent for special…
• n. An instance of helping.
• n. Handwriting; style of penmanship.
• n. A person's autograph or signature.
• n. Personal possession; ownership.
• n. (usually in the plural, hands) Management, domain, control.
• n. (heading) That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once.
• n. Applause.
• n. (historical) A Native American gambling game, involving guessing the whereabouts of bits of ivory or similar,…
• n. (firearms) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.
• n. A whole rhizome of ginger.
• n. The feel of a fabric; the impression or quality of the fabric as judged qualitatively by the sense of…
• n. (archaic) Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance.
• n. (archaic) Agency in transmission from one person to another.
• n. (obsolete) Rate; price.
• v. (transitive) To give, pass, or transmit with the hand, literally or figuratively.
• v. (transitive) To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To manage.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To seize; to lay hands on.
• v. (transitive, rare) To pledge by the hand; to handfast.
• v. (transitive, nautical, said of a sail) To furl.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To cooperate.

manus

• n. (formal) A hand, as the part of the fore limb below the forearm in a man, or the corresponding part in…
• n. (obsolete, Roman law) The power over other people, especially that of a man over his wife.

mitt

• n. A mitten.
• n. An oversized, protective glove such as an oven mitt or a baseball mitt.
• n. (informal, especially in plural) A hand.

scrape

• v. To draw an object, especially a sharp or angular one, along (something) while exerting pressure.
• v. To injure or damage by rubbing across a surface.
• v. To barely manage to achieve.
• v. To collect or gather, especially without regard to the quality of what is chosen.
• v. (computing) To extract data by automated means from a format not intended to be machine-readable, such…
• v. To occupy oneself with getting laboriously.
• v. To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or similar instrument.
• v. To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow.
• v. To express disapprobation of (a play, etc.) or to silence (a speaker) by drawing the feet back and forth…
• n. A broad, shallow injury left by scraping (rather than a cut or a scratch).
• n. A fight, especially a fistfight without weapons.
• n. An awkward set of circumstances.
• n. (Britain, slang) A D and C or abortion; or, a miscarriage.
• n. A shallow depression used by ground birds as a nest; a nest scrape.