glove
English edit
Etymology edit
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.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
glove (plural gloves)
- An item of clothing, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but usually allowing independent movement of the fingers.
- I wore gloves to keep my hands warm.
- The boxing champ laced on his gloves before the big bout.
- A baseball mitt.
- (baseball, figuratively) The ability to catch a hit ball.
- Frederico had a great glove, but he couldn't hit a curveball, so he never broke into the pros.
- (slang) A condom.
- (with definite article) A challenge from one to another.
- to throw down the glove, i.e. to offer a challenge; to take up the glove, to accept it
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Translations edit
item of clothing
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baseball: ability to catch a hit ball
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Verb edit
glove (third-person singular simple present gloves, present participle gloving, simple past and past participle gloved)
- (baseball, transitive) To catch the ball in a baseball mitt.
- He gloved the line drive for the third out.
- (transitive) To put a glove or gloves on.
- Maxwell gloved his hand so that he wouldn't leave fingerprints, then pulled the trigger.
- 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN:
- After the maids had hatted and gloved the girls, the carriage was summoned and I was carted around one church after another.
- (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.
Derived terms edit
Terms derived from the noun or verb glove
- baseball glove
- batting glove
- boxing glove
- data glove
- deglove
- driving glove
- drop the gloves
- evening glove
- fingerless glove
- fit like a glove
- fox-glove
- gardening glove
- given the glove
- glove box
- glove compartment
- gloved
- glove doll
- glove money
- glove puppet
- glove sponge
- glove up
- glovey
- glovish
- 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
- mermaid's glove
- Mickey Mouse glove
- monkey glove
- mousquetaire glove
- no glove no love
- opera glove
- oven glove
- riding glove
- surgical glove
- take up the glove
- the gloves are off
- vampire glove
- velvet glove
- white-glove
- white-glove service
- white glove test
- white-glove test
- work glove
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Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old English *glōfa (variant of glōf), from Proto-West Germanic *glōfō, from Proto-Germanic *galōfô; equivalent to y- + love (“palm”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
glove (plural gloves or gloven)
- A glove or gauntlet (hand covering)
- A glove as a token of feudal allegiance.
- A glove or gauntlet in various symbolic uses:
- Signifying assent, agreement, or the marital compact.
- Signifying entry into combat.
- Signifying worthlessness or unimportance.
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References edit
- “glọ̄ve, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.