different between paw vs pbw

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English pawe, from Old French poue, poe, from Frankish *p?ta (compare Dutch poot, Low German Pote, German Pfote), from Frankish *p?t?n (“to put, stick, plant”) (compare Dutch poten 'to plant'), from Proto-Germanic *put?n? (compare Old English potian (“to push”), p?tan (“to put out, poke out”), Icelandic pota (“to stick”), Albanian putër 'paw'). More at put.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: pô, IPA^(key): /p??/
• Rhymes: -??
• (US) enPR: pô, IPA^(key): /p?/
• (cot–caught merger) enPR: pä, IPA^(key): /p?/
• Homophones: poor (non-rhotic with cure-force merger), pore, pour (non-rhotic with horse-hoarse merger), pa (with cot-caught and father-bother mergers)
• Hyphenation: paw (one syllable)

Noun

paw (plural paws)

1. The soft foot of a mammal or other animal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nails; comparable to a human hand or foot.

   Synonyms: hand, foot

   Hypernym: extremity

   Meronyms: claw, finger

   Holonym: limb

2. (humorous) A hand.

Coordinate terms

• hoof, talon

Derived terms

• catpaw
• cat's paw
• pawpad
• pawprint

Translations

Verb

paw (third-person singular simple present paws, present participle pawing, simple past and past participle pawed)

1. (of an animal) To go through something (such as a garbage can) with paws.

   Hypernym: handle

2. (of an animal) To gently push on something with a paw.

   Hypernym: touch

3. (of an animal) To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot.
   • #*

     He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.

4. (by extension) To touch someone in a sexual way.
   • 1997 August 17, Robert Spector, in misc.fitness.weights:

     IronMan used to be good in this way, back in the '80s. […] They wouldn't subscribe to the old, "Let's put a male bodybuilder with silicone babes pawing him" cover that's mainstay now.

   • 1997 October 26, Verbotene, quoted by Amy McWilliams, in rec.arts.tv.soaps.abc:

     So, Katherine was out with Luke and they were both quite dolled up and swoon-worthy. Katherine fawned all over Luke and pawed him, but to what end? Was Stefan supposed to believe that Luke and Katherine have some sort of a thing going? What was the point of this display from Katherine's perspective?

   • 2002 July 18, Lurker Dave, in rec.arts.comics.marvel.universe:

     Subtlety is great, but what exactly happened with Jessica and the cop during sex that he locked her up afterwards? Also, what was the item she nicked from his shirt while she pawed him?
5. (by extension) To clumsily dig through something.
6. (transitive, dated) To flatter.

Translations

See also

• palpate
• paw off

Etymology 2

The word probably has an origin in baby talk: see ‘pa’.

Pronunciation

• enPR: pô, IPA^(key): /p??/
• Rhymes: -??
• Homophones: poor (in non-rhotic accents), pore (in non-rhotic accents), pour (in non-rhotic accents)
• Hyphenation: paw (one syllable)

Noun

paw (plural paws)

1. (nonstandard or rural) Father; pa.

   Synonyms: pawpaw, pa, papa, father, dad, daddy, pappy

   Hypernym: parent

   Hyponym: step-paw

   Coordinate terms: maw, brother, sis, sissy

Derived terms

• pawpaw

Related terms

• pa

Anagrams

• APW, AWP, PWA, WAP, WPA, wap

Jingpho

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese ???? (hpau.)

Noun

paw

1. cork

References

• Kurabe, Keita (2016-12-31) , “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research?^[2], volume 35, DOI:10.14989/219015, ISSN 1349-7804, pages 91–128

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pav? (“peacock”), borrowed from Latin pav?. Cognates within Slavic include Upper Sorbian paw, Polish paw, Czech páv, Slovene pav, and Russian ??????? (pavlín).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paw/

Noun

paw (feminine equivalent pawa)

1. peacock (pheasant of one of the genera Pavo and Afropavo)

Declension

Further reading

• paw in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): S?ownik dolnoserbskeje r?cy a jeje nar?cow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
• paw in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski s?ownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.

Polish

Etymology

From Old High German ph?we, from Latin p?v?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paf/

Noun

paw m anim

1. (male) peacock
2. (colloquial) puke; vomit

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjectives) pawi, dumny jak paw
• (verbs) pu?ci? pawia, puszy? si? jak paw

Further reading

• paw in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• paw in Polish dictionaries at PWN

English

Noun

pbw

1. Initialism of parts by weight.

Anagrams

• PWB, WPB