лапа — meaning in English

English meaning

• claw noun A sharp, curved nail on the toe of an animal, bird, or reptile.
• foot noun The body part at the end of the leg that a person or animal stands and walks on.
• paw noun The foot of a clawed animal such as a dog or cat.

Senses

лапа is used for these senses in English:

• claw A foot equipped with such.
• foot A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.
• foot (printing) The base of a piece of type, forming the sides of the groove.
• foot (phonology) The parsing of syllables into prosodic constituents, which are used to determine the placement of stress in languages along with the notions of constituent heads.
• paw The soft foot of a mammal or other animal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nails; comparable to a human hand or foot.

claw — full definition

1. noun A sharp, curved nail on the toe of an animal, bird, or reptile.
2. noun A pincer of a crab, lobster, or similar creature.
3. verb To scratch, grip, or tear at something using claws (or fingernails).

foot — full definition

1. noun The body part at the end of the leg that a person or animal stands and walks on.
2. noun A unit of length equal to twelve inches.
3. noun The lowest or bottom part of something.
4. verb To pay a bill, especially informally (as in "foot the bill").

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