Glove Meaning
/ɡlʌv/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAn item of clothing, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but usually allowing independent movement of the fingers.
nounA baseball mitt.
Sentence Examples
The glove has a hole in the thumb.
"This is ..." "Working glove and trowel. One of a gardening club's basic tools."
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
He put on one ____ before shaking the cold metal handle.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He lost his left ____ while walking in the park and had to buy a new pair to keep his hands warm.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"After the maids had hatted and gloved the girls, the carriage was summoned and I was carted around one church after another."
— 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
He put on one ____ before shaking the cold metal handle.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He lost his left ____ while walking in the park and had to buy a new pair to keep his hands warm.