'Glove' definitions:

Definition of 'glove'

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noun
The handwear used by fielders in playing baseball [syn: baseball glove, glove, baseball mitt, mitt]
noun
Handwear: covers the hand and wrist
noun
Boxing equipment consisting of big and padded coverings for the fists of the fighters; worn for the sport of boxing [syn: boxing glove, glove]

Definition of 'Glove'

From: GCIDE
  • Glove \Glove\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gloved; p. pr. & vb. n. Gloving.] To cover with, or as with, a glove. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Glove'

From: GCIDE
  • Glove \Glove\ (gl[u^]v), n. [OE. glove, glofe, AS. gl[=o]f; akin to Icel. gl[=o]fi, cf. Goth. l[=o]fa palm of the hand, Icel. l[=o]fi.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. A cover for the hand, or for the hand and wrist, with a separate sheath for each finger. The latter characteristic distinguishes the glove from the mitten. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A boxing glove. [1913 Webster]
  • Boxing glove. See under Boxing.
  • Glove fight, a pugilistic contest in which the fighters wear boxing gloves.
  • Glove money or Glove silver. (a) A tip or gratuity to servants, professedly to buy gloves with. (b) (Eng. Law.) A reward given to officers of courts; also, a fee given by the sheriff of a county to the clerk of assize and judge's officers, when there are no offenders to be executed.
  • Glove sponge (Zool.), a fine and soft variety of commercial sponges (Spongia officinalis).
  • To be hand and glove with, to be intimately associated or on good terms with. "Hand and glove with traitors." --J. H. Newman.
  • To handle without gloves, to treat without reserve or tenderness; to deal roughly with. [Colloq.]
  • To take up the glove, to accept a challenge or adopt a quarrel.
  • To throw down the glove, to challenge to combat. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'glove'

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