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Sounds | fih'ngger |
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Rhymes | agar, anger, armiger, and 60 more rhymes in ger at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb). |
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Examples | "her fingers were long and thin" |
Part of | hand, manus, mitt, paw |
Parts | fingertip; fingernail; knuckle, knuckle joint, metacarpophalangeal joint |
Narrower | thumb, pollex; index, index finger, forefinger; ring finger, annualry; middle finger; pinkie, pinky, little finger |
Broader | digit, dactyl; extremity |
Verbs | finger; finger; finger |
Meaning | The length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure. |
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Synonyms | fingerbreadth, finger's breadth, digit |
Broader | linear unit |
Meaning | The part of a glove that provides a covering for one of the fingers. |
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Part of | glove, gloves |
Broader | covering |
Meaning | Feel or handle with the fingers. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
Examples | "finger the binding of the book" |
Synonyms | thumb |
Broader | touch |
Nouns | finger; fingering |
Meaning | Examine by touch. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "The customer fingered the sweater" |
Synonyms | feel |
Entails | touch |
Similar to | feel |
Nouns | finger; fingering |
Meaning | Search for on the computer. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
Examples | "I fingered my boss and found that he is not logged on in the afternoons" |
Broader | search, seek, look for |
Meaning | Indicate the fingering for the playing of musical scores for keyboard instruments. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Broader | indicate, point, show |
Nouns | fingering; finger |