Glove

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A close-fitting covering for the hand with a separate sheath for each finger and the thumb, worn especially as protection from the cold.
  • noun. A gauntlet.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. An oversized leather glove used for catching baseballs, especially one with more finger sheaths than the catcher's or first baseman's mitt.
  • noun. A glove made of leather and fabric having padding on the back and extending over the wrist, used in hockey and lacrosse.
  • noun. A boxing glove.
  • noun. A close-fitting glove used to improve the grip, as in batting or in golf.
  • noun. Fielding ability.
  • intransitive verb. To furnish with gloves.
  • intransitive verb. To cover with or as if with a glove.
  • intransitive verb. To don gloves, as before performing an operation on a patient.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To cover with or as with a glove.
  • noun. A covering for the hand having a separate sheath for each finger, and thus distinguished from a mitten.
  • noun. Specifically, a boxing-glove.
  • noun. In hatmaking, a wooden scraper used in felting hats in the battery.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To cover with, or as with, a glove.
  • noun. A cover for the hand, or for the hand and wrist, with a separate sheath for each finger. The latter characteristic distinguishes the glove from the mitten.
  • noun. A boxing glove.
  • noun. See under Boxing.
  • noun. a pugilistic contest in which the fighters wear boxing gloves.
  • noun. A reward given to officers of courts; also, a fee given by the sheriff of a county to the clerk of assize and judge's officers, when there are no offenders to be executed.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. a fine and soft variety of commercial sponges (Spongia officinalis).
  • noun. to be intimately associated or on good terms with.
  • noun. to treat without reserve or tenderness; to deal roughly with.
  • noun. to accept a challenge or adopt a quarrel.
  • noun. to challenge to combat.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An item of clothing other than a mitten, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but allowing independent movement of the fingers.
  • noun. The ability to catch a hit ball.
  • noun. A condom.
  • verb. To catch the ball in a baseball mitt
  • verb. To put on a glove.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the handwear used by fielders in playing baseball
  • noun. boxing equipment consisting of big and padded coverings for the fists of the fighters; worn for the sport of boxing
  • noun. handwear: covers the hand and wrist
  • Word Usage
    "Alterations have taken place in the skin, the hair, the neck, and the head; the lower jaw has become bigger; the bones of the arms and legs have lengthened, and the American of to-day requires a different kind of glove from the Englishman."