glove

[ gluhv ]

/ glʌv /

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noun

a covering for the hand made with a separate sheath for each finger and for the thumb.

boxing glove.

baseball glove.

gauntlet¹.

verb (used with object), gloved, glov·ing.

to cover with or as if with a glove; provide with gloves.

to serve as a glove for.

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hand and glove. hand(def 55).

handle with kid gloves. kid gloves(def 2).

take up the glove. gauntlet¹(def 4).

throw down the glove. gauntlet¹(def 5).

Origin of glove

before 900; Middle English; Old English glōf; cognate with Old Norse glōfi

Related formsglove·less, adjectiveglove·like, adjectiveun·gloved, adjective

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Examples from the Web for glove

Kimberlin, who looks and softly speaks like a miniaturized clone of David Strathairn, could not lay a glove on his tormenter.
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This tribute video may be circulating now but Jeter still has the next couple of months before he hangs up his glove for good.
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When you put your glove down on the kitchen counter a half hour ago in order to make a turkey sandwich for yourself?
The Timeless Beauty of Baseball|Mike Barnicle|March 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He cut his glove on the blade and stepped for a replacement.
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I had to store it in my glove box when I went to my son's school for track meets and teacher conferences.
‘Stupid,’ ‘Immoral,’ ‘Dangerous,’ ‘Coward’: My Month With a Gun|Heidi Yewman|July 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
There were no presses or drawers with locks in the house, and Jess got hold of the glove again.
A Window in Thrums|J. M. Barrie
In actual service this glove did not stand up to the hard usage required of it.
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She raised the glove that she had been nervously swinging back and forth, and bit hard upon the button of it.
A Chance Acquaintance|W. D. Howells
He looked down, then stooped, and rose again, holding in his hand a woman's glove.
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Lucy's little hand was on my arm, and she had drawn its glove on account of the heat.
Afloat And Ashore|James Fenimore Cooper

British Dictionary definitions for glove

glove

/ (ɡlʌv) /

noun

(often plural) a shaped covering for the hand with individual sheaths for the fingers and thumb, made of leather, fabric, etcSee also gauntlet 1 (def. 2)

any of various large protective hand covers worn in sports, such as a boxing glove

hand in glove informal in an intimate relationship or close association

handle with kid gloves informal to treat with extreme care

with the gloves off informal (of a dispute, argument, etc) conducted mercilessly and in earnest, with no reservations

verb

(tr; usually passive) to cover or provide with or as if with gloves

Derived Formsgloved, adjectivegloveless, adjective

Word Origin for glove

Old English glōfe; related to Old Norse glōfi

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Word Origin and History for glove

glove

Old English glof "glove, covering for the hand," also "palm of the hand," from Proto-Germanic *galofo (cf. Old Norse glofi), probably from *ga- collective prefix + *lofi "hand" (cf. Old Norse lofi, Middle English love, Gothic lofa "flat of the hand"), from PIE *lep- "be flat; palm, sole, shoulder blade" (cf. Russian lopata "shovel;" Lithuanian lopa "claw," lopeta "shovel, spade").

German Handschuh, the usual word for "glove," literally "hand-shoe" (Old High German hantscuoh; also Danish and Swedish hantsche) is represented by Old English Handscio (the name of one of Beowulf's companions, eaten by Grendel), but this is attested only as a proper name. To fit like a glove is first recorded 1771.

glove

"to cover or fit with a glove," c.1400, from glove (n.). Related: Gloved; gloving. Glover as a surname is from mid-13c.

Idioms and Phrases with glove

glove

see fit like a glove; hand in glove; handle with kid gloves; hang up (one's gloves); with the gloves off.

glove

noun

verb (used with object), gloved, glov·ing.

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