paw
noun
the foot of an animal having claws.
have pawed
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present perfectof paw.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Should Beverley, an impetuous rookie, have known better than to have pawed at Westbrook when he was just trying to call time?
From Slate ● Apr. 26, 2013
The bear would doubtless have pawed a cloth in the same way, vaguely seeking to draw the bread within reach.
From Ways of Nature by John Burroughs
Long after the first snowfall in the Autumn one can find places where deer have pawed away the snow to dig beech nuts out from under the leaves.
From Camps and Trails by Henry Abbott
Bradbury—who'd got better remarkable sudden—was pawin' at Jonadab's arm, tryin' to make him ease up; but he might as well have pawed the wind.
From The Depot Master by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
It must have pawed at the wind and gotten a kick as the wind passed over.
From Sun-Up and Other Poems by Lola Ridge
