English Explanatory Dictionary

glove

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An item of clothing, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but usually allowing independent movement of the fingers.
  2. A baseball mitt.
  3. The ability to catch a hit ball.
  4. A condom.
  5. A challenge from one to another.
verb
  1. To catch the ball in a baseball mitt.
  2. To put a glove or gloves on.
  3. 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.

Pronunciation

glŭv /ɡlʌv/ en-us-glove.ogg en-au-glove.ogg /ɡlʊv/

Word forms

glove gloves gloving gloved

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

gauntlet handglove handshoe

Related words

cot gauntlet handshoe mitt mitten

Derived words

baseball glove batting glove begloved boxing glove codglove cryoglove data glove deglove driving glove drop the gloves evening glove fingerless glove fit like a glove footglove fox-glove gardening glove given the glove glitten glovebag glove box glove compartment gloved glove doll gloveful gloveless glovelike glovemaker glovemaking gloveman glove money glove puppet glover gloves are off glovesman glove sponge glove up glovewear glovework glovey glovish hair glove half glove hand and glove handglove hand-in-glove hand in glove iron fist in a velvet glove kid glove kid-glove kid gloves lay a glove on love glove medical glove mermaid's glove Mickey Mouse glove monkey glove mousquetaire glove no glove no love opera glove oven glove
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