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Glove

//ɡlʌv// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun

1
An item of clothing, 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
the handwear used by fielders in playing baseball wordnet
3
A baseball mitt.
4
boxing equipment consisting of big and padded coverings for the fists of the fighters; worn for the sport of boxing wordnet
5
The ability to catch a hit ball. figuratively
"Frederico had a great glove, but he couldn't hit a curveball, so he never broke into the pros."

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6
handwear: covers the hand and wrist wordnet
7
A condom. slang
8
A challenge from one to another. with-definite-article
"to throw down the glove, i.e. to offer a challenge; to take up the glove, to accept it"

Verb

1
To catch the ball in a baseball mitt. transitive
"He gloved the line drive for the third out."
2
To put a glove or gloves on. transitive
"Maxwell gloved his hand so that he wouldn't leave fingerprints, then pulled the trigger."
3
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.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English glove, glofe, from Old English glōf, *glōfe, *glōfa, ("glove"; weak forms attested only in plural form glōfan (“gloves”)), from Proto-Germanic *galōfô (“glove”), from Proto-Germanic *ga- (“collective and associative prefix”) + Proto-Germanic *lōfô (“flat of the hand, palm”), from Proto-Indo-European *lāp-, *lēp-, *lep- (“flat”). Cognate with Scots gluve, gluive (“glove”), Icelandic glófi (“glove”). Related to Middle English lofe, lufe (“palm of the hand”). More at loof.

Etymology 2

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