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Definition glove

Etymology

From Middle English glove, glofe, from Old English gl?f, *gl?fe, *gl?fa, ("glove"; weak forms attested only in plural form gl?fan (�gloves�)), from Proto-Germanic *gal?f� (�glove�), from Proto-Germanic *ga- (�collective and associative prefix�) + Proto-Germanic *l?f� (�flat of the hand, palm�), from Proto-Indo-European *l?p-, *l?p-, *lep- (�flat�). Cognate with Scots gluve, gluive (�glove�), Icelandic gl�fi (�glove�). Related to Middle English lofe, lufe (�palm of the hand�). More at loof.

Noun

glove (plural gloves)

1. An item of clothing other than a mitten, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but usually allowing independent movement of the fingers.
2. A baseball mitt.
3. (baseball, figuratively) The ability to catch a hit ball.
4. (slang) A condom.
5. (with definite article) A challenge from one to another.

Verb

glove (third-person singular simple present gloves, present participle gloving, simple past and past participle gloved)

1. (baseball, transitive) To catch the ball in a baseball mitt.
2. (transitive) To put a glove or gloves on.
3. (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.

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