| anglais > français | |
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| claw | |
| 1. n. Griffe. | |
| 2. v. Griffer | |
| anglais > anglais | |
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| claw | |
| 1. n. A curved, pointed horny nail on each digit of the foot of a mammal, reptile, or bird. |  |
| 2. n. A foot equipped with such. | |
| 3. n. The pincer (chela) of a crustacean or other arthropod. | |
| 4. n. A mechanical device resembling a claw, used for gripping or lifting. | |
| 5. n. (botany) A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, such as the base of petals of the pink. | |
| 6. n. (juggling) The act of catching a ball overhand. | |
| 7. v. To scratch or to tear at. | |
| 8. v. To use the claws to seize, to grip. | |
| 9. v. To use the claws to climb. | |
| 10. v. (juggling) To perform a claw catch. | |
| 11. v. To move with one's fingertips. | |
| 12. v. (obsolete) To relieve uneasy feeling, such as an itch, by scratching; hence, to humor or flatter, to court someone. | |
| 13. v. (obsolete) To rail at; to scold. | |
| français > anglais | |
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| griffe | |
| 1. n-f. claw | |
| coup de griffe - swipe of the claws | |
| Les pattes de cet animal sont armées de griffes. - The paws of this animal have claws. | |
| 2. n-f. talon | |
| 3. n-f. scratch mark | |
| 4. n-f. (figurative) signature (characteristic mark, e.g. of an artist) | |
| Il a beau n’avoir pas mis son nom à cet ouvrage, il y a mis sa griffe. - Even though he has not put his name on this work, he has put his mark. | |
| 5. n-f. (by extension) brand, designer label (especially fashion) | |
