Thesaurus results for PAW

paw

verb

as in to finger

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Recent Examples of paw Not much damage had been done this time, but our dwindling supply of food under the table had been pawed over again, and a few more packages were broken open. —

Doris Decleene, Outdoor Life, 25 Feb. 2026 Most dog owners have likely experienced your dog pawing at your legs. —

Zoe Denenberg, Southern Living, 19 Feb. 2026 This is when deer go underneath a low-hanging branch, probably one to two meters off the ground, and paw up the soil beneath using their hooves. —

New Atlas, 10 Feb. 2026 In the clip, the puppy dashed toward his new little friend; at first the Chihuahua retreated, stuck his tongue out and paw up, and then bounded toward him. —

Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for paw

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Verb

In 1978, Derek Boston, who had become a suspect in another murder in the neighborhood, once again fingered Washington, Sims and Ellis in a bid for leniency.

— John Annese, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026
Some tropical species, like paddle grass, have long, threadlike stigmas that finger the water for pollen.

— David George Haskell, Big Think, 27 Mar. 2026