glove
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Old English glōf, from Proto-Germanic *galōfa(n), the second element deriving from Proto-Indo-European *lep- (“‘flat’”).
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[edit] Noun
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glove (plural gloves)
- 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.
- (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.
[edit] Translations
item of clothing
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baseball:ability to catch a hit ball
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[edit] Verb
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to glove (third-person singular simple present gloves, present participle gloving, simple past and past participle gloved)
- (baseball, transitive) To catch the ball in a baseball mitt
- He gloved the line drive for the third out.
- (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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Terms derived from the noun or verb "glove"
