glove
IPA: gɫˈʌv
noun
- An item of clothing, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but usually allowing independent movement of the fingers.
- A baseball mitt.
- (baseball, figuratively) The ability to catch a hit ball.
- (slang) A condom.
- (with definite article) A challenge from one to another.
verb
- (baseball, transitive) To catch the ball in a baseball mitt.
- (transitive) To put a glove or gloves on.
- (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.
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Examples of "glove" in Sentences
- I left my gloves on the workbench.
- The ball went off the glove of the catcher.
- The technician in the photos is wearing no gloves.
- The entity and the belief system are hand and glove.
- The width of the fist outstretched the size of gloves.
- He wears boots, gloves, a kerchief, and a ten gallon hat.
- I was wearing gloves beneath mittens, tights under jeans.
- He carries a lasso and wears boots, gloves, a kerchief, and a ten gallon hat.
- The principals agreed that the bout was to be fought wearing two ounce gloves.
- The left glove is a cryogenic sprayer, while the right glove is a flamethrower.
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