GLOVE
What does "GLOVE" mean?
A covering for the hand with separate sheaths for each finger and the thumb.
Meanings
- A fitted hand covering with individual finger sheaths. She pulled on a glove before gripping the icy rail.
- A padded protective hand covering used in sports such as boxing or baseball. The catcher slammed the ball into his glove.
- To cover or provide with a glove; in baseball, to catch with a glove. The shortstop gloved the grounder cleanly.
Did you know?
- The idiom 'the gloves are off' for an all-out fight comes from boxing's brutal logic: removing the padded gloves meant bare knuckles and far more damage.
Word origin
From Old English 'glōf', of Germanic origin, possibly from a prefixed form meaning 'covering for the palm of the hand'.
Remember it
GLOVE is 'love' with a G in front - what your hands wear when winter has no love for them.
A little poem
Five empty fingers
kept the shape of your warm hand-
snow falls on the wool.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why did the glove break up with the hand? It said the relationship felt too clingy - they fit a little too well.
What it teaches
A glove protects by taking the shape of what it covers; some strength comes from yielding, not resisting.
Quick facts
What does GLOVE mean?
A covering for the hand with separate sheaths for each finger and the thumb.
Is GLOVE a valid word?
Yes — GLOVE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is GLOVE?
GLOVE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does GLOVE come from?
From Old English 'glōf', of Germanic origin, possibly from a prefixed form meaning 'covering for the palm of the hand'.
What can GLOVE teach us?
A glove protects by taking the shape of what it covers; some strength comes from yielding, not resisting.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.