glove

CEFRA2

/ɡlʌv/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A covering worn on the hand, usually with separate fingers.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A baseball mitt.

Examples

  • The glove has a hole in the thumb.

  • "This is ..." "Working glove and trowel. One of a gardening club's basic tools."

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The ability to catch a hit ball.

  2. An item of clothing, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but usually allowing independent movement of the fingers.

  3. A condom.

More examples

In context

  • Frederico had a great glove, but he couldn't hit a curveball, so he never broke into the pros.

  • I wore gloves to keep my hands warm.

  • The boxing champ laced on his gloves before the big bout.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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.