(v5k,vt) (1) (uk) to scratch
(2) to perspire
(3) to shovel
to paddle
(P)
(v5k,vt) to scratch
to claw
(v5k) (1) to struggle
to wriggle
to squirm
(2) to be impatient
(P)
(v5k,vi) (1) to paw (at) the ground
(2) to flounder
to struggle
(v5k,vt) to parboil
to scald
(v5k,vt) to scratch
to claw
(exp) to perspire
to sweat
(exp,v5k) to be greedy
to covet
(exp,v5k) (1) to outwit
to outsmart
to counterplot
to defeat
(2) to pierce something all the way through
(exp) (1) to cut off the head of a sleeping person
to assassinate someone while he sleeps
(2) to catch someone off his guard by setting traps