FINGER
\fˈɪŋɡə], \fˈɪŋɡə], \f_ˈɪ_ŋ_ɡ_ə]\
Definitions of FINGER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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search for on the computer; "I fingered my boss and found that he is not logged on in the afternoons"
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the part of a glove that provides a covering for one of the fingers
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any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb); "her fingers were long and thin"
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indicate the fingering for the playing of musical scores for keyboard instruments
By Princeton University
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search for on the computer; "I fingered my boss and found that he is not logged on in the afternoons"
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the part of a glove that provides a covering for one of the fingers
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any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb); "her fingers were long and thin"
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indicate the fingering for the playing of musical scores for keyboard instruments
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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One of the five terminating members of the hand; a digit; esp., one of the four extermities of the hand, other than the thumb.
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Anything that does work of a finger; as, the pointer of a clock, watch, or other registering machine; especially (Mech.) a small projecting rod, wire, or piece, which is brought into contact with an object to effect, direct, or restrain a motion.
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The breadth of a finger, or the fourth part of the hand; a measure of nearly an inch; also, the length of finger, a measure in domestic use in the United States, of about four and a half inches or one eighth of a yard.
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Skill in the use of the fingers, as in playing upon a musical instrument.
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To touch with the fingers; to handle; to meddle with.
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To touch lightly; to toy with.
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To perform on an instrument of music.
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To mark the notes of (a piece of music) so as to guide the fingers in playing.
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To execute, as any delicate work.
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To use the fingers in playing on an instrument.
By Oddity Software
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One of the five terminating members of the hand; a digit; esp., one of the four extermities of the hand, other than the thumb.
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Anything that does work of a finger; as, the pointer of a clock, watch, or other registering machine; especially (Mech.) a small projecting rod, wire, or piece, which is brought into contact with an object to effect, direct, or restrain a motion.
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The breadth of a finger, or the fourth part of the hand; a measure of nearly an inch; also, the length of finger, a measure in domestic use in the United States, of about four and a half inches or one eighth of a yard.
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Skill in the use of the fingers, as in playing upon a musical instrument.
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To touch with the fingers; to handle; to meddle with.
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To touch lightly; to toy with.
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To perform on an instrument of music.
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To mark the notes of (a piece of music) so as to guide the fingers in playing.
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To execute, as any delicate work.
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To use the fingers in playing on an instrument.
By Noah Webster.
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One of the five divisions of the hand; one of the four digits of the hand, as distinguished from a thumb; a finger's breadth or length; any mechanical contrivance resembling a finger; a part of a glove into which a finger is inserted.
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To handle, or perform, with the fingers; meddle with; steal.
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To use the fingers skilfully in performing upon a musical instrument or upon a typewriter.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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One of the five extreme parts of the hand; a finger's breadth; skill in the use of the hand or fingers.
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To handle or perform with the fingers; to pilfer.
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To use the fingers on a musical instrument.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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One of the five extreme parts of the hand; a finger's breadth; an index, or anything pointing like a finger; skill in using the fingers, as in playing on a keyed instrument.
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To handle with the fingers; to pilfer; to play, as an instrument; to perform with the fingers, as delicate work.
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To dispose the fingers aptly in playing on an instrument. To have at one's finger ends, to be quite ready with.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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