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claw off

claw off verb: to remove by clawing.

Verb

claw off (third-person singular simple present claws off, present participle clawing off, simple past and past participle clawed off)

  1. (literally, transitive) To remove by clawing.
    • The tiger clawed off her face.
  2. (intransitive) To beat to windward to avoid being driven on to a lee shore.
  3. (dated, slang, transitive) To hit or beat up (someone).

Forms of claw off

third-person singular presentclaws off
present participleclawing off
past participleclawed off
pastclawed off

Questions about claw off

What does claw off mean?
Claw off means to remove by clawing.
What part of speech is claw off?
Claw off is a verb.
What is the past tense of claw off?
The past tense of claw off is clawed off.

Words near claw off in the dictionary

  1. claw hammer couplings
  2. claw hammers
  3. claw machine
  4. claw machines
  5. claw me, claw thee
  6. claw off
  7. claw ring
  8. claw rings
  9. claw sickness
  10. claw toe
  11. claw toes

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