declaw (English, verb)
expansion: declaw (third-person singular simple present declaws, present participle declawing, simple past and past participle declawed)
Senses:
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
sciences
veterinary
zoology
glosses: To surgically remove the claws of (an animal); to perform onychectomy on.
tags: transitive
glosses: To make harmless.
tags: figuratively
transitive
Forms:
form: declaws
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: declawing
tags: participle
present
form: declawed
tags: participle
past
form: declawed
tags: past