(n.) The foot of a quadruped having claws, as the lion, dog, cat, etc.
(n.) The hand.
(v. i.) To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot.
(v. t.) To pass the paw over; to stroke or handle with the paws; hence, to handle fondly or rudely.
(v. t.) To scrape or beat with the forefoot.
Example Sentences:
(1) In pentobarbital-anesthetized rats or in perfused hind paw of rats, the potentiation induced by cocaine and tripelennamine was more marked to norepinephrine than to epinephrine, but an inverse relation between norepinephrine and epinephrine was observed in the potentiation by I and II.
(2) Both face and paw receptive fields are unions of a certain set of skin areas called compartments.
(3) At both 24 h and 1 week, the inflamed paw showed pronounced supersensitivity to the antinociceptive action of morphine against noxious pressure.
(4) An actor dressed like one of the polar bears that figure in Coke ads limped up, wearing a prosthesis on one paw, a dialysis bag and tubing.
(5) His shot, though, was pawed on to the inside of the post by David Marshall and it was left to Victor Wanyama to lash the loose ball into the empty net.
(6) In the spinalized preparation, steady-state and nonsteady-state responses have an equal likelihood of emerging from the initial cycles of a paw-shake response, suggesting that regular coupling of joint oscillations is not planned by pattern-generating networks within lumbosacral segments.
(7) The spinal ascending pathways responsible for neuronal ventrobasal (VB) thalamic responses elicited by joint stimulation of the posterior paw were determined in arthritic rats used as a model of experimental pain.
(8) The response was composed of an isometric phase, during which the body weight was shifted from the stimulated limb to the opposite forelimb while the stimulated limb was gently pushed backwards, and a movement phase during which the stimulated paw actually accomplished the placing reaction.
(9) Tiny, tiny... rodents – some soft and grey, some brown with black stripes, in paintings, posters, wallcharts, thumb-tacked magazine clippings and poorly executed crayon drawings, hurling themselves fatally in their thousands over the cliff of their island home; or crudely taxidermied and mounted, eyes glazed and little paws frozen stiff – on every available surface.
(10) Carrageenin-induced inflammatory oedema of the rat paw was considerably inhibited at i.v.
(11) The goalkeeper then had to paw out another Carroll header.
(12) In inflammatory studies, 1-4 showed inhibition of formaldehyde-induced paw swelling (edema).
(13) Hence, Paw was a major determinant of oxygenation, although a PEEP greater than Pflex appeared necessary to optimize oxygenation at a constant Paw.
(14) A comparison has been made between liposome-encapsulated and free indomethacin for their anti-inflammatory activities in the carrageenan paw oedema test in rats, and their inhibitory effect on platelet aggregation induced by adenosine 5-diphosphate (ADP) in-vitro.
(15) Standard 5-member series of weak electro-cutaneous stimulations of the fore-paw were applied in chronic experiments to two dogs with implanted cortical electrodes.
(16) from the 1st to the 3rd day and then each 2nd or 3rd day inhibited paw swelling in adjuvant arthritis of the rat during the time of treatment.
(17) It has been shown that under all types of stimulation the latent periods (LP) of nociceptive reactions of paw licking and tail flick were significantly increased, as compared to baseline level, thus suggesting suppression of the pain sensitivity.
(18) Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) only partially inhibit the hyperalgesia in the inflammation induced by carrageenin in the hind rat paw, one of the most frequently used nociceptive tests.
(19) The models used were (1) carrageenin-induced paw oedema in rats previously depleted of polymorphonuclear cells, (2) carrageenin-induced rat pleurisy and (3) migration of rat peritoneal leucocytes from glass capillary tubes in vitro.
(20) AOA and B-H were markedly effective both in scavenging the reactive oxygen species (ROS) generated and in inhibiting lipid peroxidation; they also significantly reduced both adjuvant- and adriamycin-induced paw oedema in rats.
Pew
Definition:
(n.) One of the compartments in a church which are separated by low partitions, and have long seats upon which several persons may sit; -- sometimes called slip. Pews were originally made square, but are now usually long and narrow.
(n.) Any structure shaped like a church pew, as a stall, formerly used by money lenders, etc.; a box in theater; a pen; a sheepfold.
(v. t.) To furnish with pews.
Example Sentences:
(1) A recent survey by the Pew Research Center shows that for most people, access to the internet without government censorship is important.
(2) The survey by the Pew Research Centre found that 18% now say that the US president is a Muslim, up from 11% in March 2009.
(3) Image: Courtesy of Pew Research Center The data also show why autocrats might have reason to fear open discussions in cyberspace.
(4) "Users clearly want the option of being anonymous online and increasingly worry that this is not possible," said Lee Rainie, Director of the Pew Research Center's Internet Project.
(5) Sometimes to do the right thing, you have to break a law.” In a Pew Research poll of Americans earlier this year 57% of 18 to 29-year-olds said Snowden’s leaks had served the public interest but respondents 65 and over disagreed.
(6) If it doesn’t, you know, most likely we’re not living what we’re supposed to be living.” Data from Pew released in anticipation of the pope’s US visit corroborates what Dr. Ospino is saying about “authentic Catholics” and US Latinos: unlike many of their white Catholic counterparts, “Latino Catholics tend to be more aligned with the church” and its views on a host of issues.
(7) The Pew survey of 1,511 adults was carried out over four days starting on the day after the first presidential TV debate last week.
(8) A recent Pew poll showed that 68% of people think privacy protections online don’t go far enough .
(9) Based on the findings of the new "Portrait of Jewish Americans" survey from the Pew Research Center , Republicans will need to find a different key.
(10) Pew also found that 68% of internet users think current laws are not protecting their privacy enough online, while 50% are worried about the amount of personal information about them that's online – up from 33% in a similar survey in 2009.
(11) According to the Pew Research Internet Project 22% of online African Americans are Twitter users, compared with 16% of online whites.
(12) My colleague guided me across the threshold into Ntarama church and steadied me on the first-row pew.
(13) Pew’s motivation for funding this work is a general concern that, in a climate of change in the media industry, different funding models are needed for modern journalism – particularly for science and environment reporting.
(14) According to a recent survey by the Pew Research Centre's Global Attitudes Project, 43% of Russian internet users regularly use Facebook and Twitter, up from 33% the year before.
(15) Research by Reuters found that Americans support Apple, while polling by Pew found that the public are on the side of the FBI , the complex topic and emotive language used on both sides often confusing respondents.
(16) I wish that I could just bask in the knowledge that the pope and the people in the pews share many of my views for a transformed church.
(17) Other leaders, though, are in the doghouse, Pew said: "Compounding their doubts about the Brussels-based European Union , Europeans are losing faith in the capacity of their own national leaders to cope with the economy's woes.
(18) Yet there he was grinning from a pew in Westminster Abbey, using the occasion to "represent my nation" and boost his presidential aura.
(19) But Pew's research also underscores the unfulfilled nature of Latino political power.
(20) Contrasting the Pew survey with Sidoti’s comments, a clear picture emerges: western millennials believe that we’re failures – immoral and irresponsible.