Glove

/ɡlʌv/ · noun

Meaning

(clothing) An item of clothing, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but usually allowing independent movement of the fingers..

Definitions by Sense

1. (clothing) An item of clothing, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but usually allowing independent movement of the fingers.
2. A baseball mitt.
3. (baseball, figuratively) The ability to catch a hit ball.
4. (slang) A condom.
5. (with definite article) A challenge from one to another.
6. (baseball, transitive) To catch the ball in a baseball mitt.
7. (transitive) To put a glove or gloves on.
8. (cricket) To touch (a delivery) with one's glove while the gloved hand is on the bat. Under the rules of cricket, the batsman is deemed to have hit the ball.

Example Sentences

I wore gloves to keep my hands warm.

The boxing champ laced on his gloves before the big bout.

Frederico had a great glove, but he couldn't hit a curveball, so he never broke into the pros.

to throw down the glove, i.e. to offer a challenge; to take up the glove, to accept it

He gloved the line drive for the third out.

Maxwell gloved his hand so that he wouldn't leave fingerprints, then pulled the trigger.

After the maids had hatted and gloved the girls, the carriage was summoned and I was carted around one church after another.

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Word Forms

• gloves
• gloving
• gloved

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