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Glove

noun
/ɡlʌv/
Word Frequency: 2.3

Definitions

1.nounAn item of clothing other than a mitten, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but usually allowing independent movement of the fingers.
"I wore gloves to keep my hands warm."
2.nounA baseball mitt.
3.nounThe 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."
4.nounA condom.
5.noun(with definite article) A challenge from one to another.
"to throw down the glove, i.e. to offer a challenge; to take up the glove, to accept it"
6.verbTo catch the ball in a baseball mitt.
"He gloved the line drive for the third out."
7.verbTo put a glove or gloves on.
"Maxwell gloved his hand so that he wouldn't leave fingerprints, then pulled the trigger."
8.verbTo 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.

Synonyms

mittboxing glovebaseball mittbaseball glovegauntletpockettrimmedshoeboxcartonhutchboxboxing

Rhymes With

loveshovepuppy lovereminiscent ofget rid ofaboveconsist ofcalf love
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