glove

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[edit] English

cotton gloves with grips

[edit] Etymology

From Old English glōf, from Proto-Germanic *galōfō, the second element deriving from Proto-Indo-European *lep- (flat).

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glove (plural gloves)

  1. An item of clothing other than a mitten, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but allowing independent movement of the fingers.
    I wore gloves to keep my hands warm.
    The champ laced on his gloves before the big bout.
  2. (baseball) The ability to catch a hit ball.
    Frederico had a great glove, but he couldn't hit a curveball, so he never broke into the pros.

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glove (third-person singular simple present gloves, present participle gloving, simple past and past participle gloved)

  1. (baseball, transitive) To catch the ball in a baseball mitt
    He gloved the line drive for the third out.
  2. (transitive) To put on a glove.
    Maxwell gloved his hand so that he wouldn't leave fingerprints, then pulled the trigger.

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