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
- 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
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
By Smith Ely Jelliffe