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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When I did finally find acting, it fit like the perfect pair of gloves.
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The gloves washing with the alcohol, that makes sense to me.
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Plus wearing gowns, gloves, goggles and masks imparts an eerie moonwalk sensation as one enters the facility.
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At 15.20 I re-entered the Issue Department and went through the motions of taking up the gloves.
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For a little while they went along the avenue in silence, she holding up her dress, he swinging his gloves.
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Gloves, hat, and stick were below, and equipped with these he presented himself before his grandmother.
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Very soberly he finished his despatch, picked up his gloves and crop, and again walked over to the telegraph station.
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Because working people in these parts never dress like that, gloves and all!
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British Dictionary definitions for gloves

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 gloves

glove

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

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.

Idioms and Phrases with gloves

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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