| Engels > Engels |
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| glove |
| 1. n. 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. |
| I wore gloves to keep my hands warm. |
| The boxing champ laced on his gloves before the big bout. |
| 2. n. A baseball mitt. |
| 3. n. (baseball, figuratively) The ability to catch a hit ball. |
| Frederico had a great glove, but he couldn't hit a curveball, so he never broke into the pros. |
| 4. n. (slang) A condom. |
| 5. v. (baseball, transitive) To catch the ball in a baseball mitt. |
| He gloved the line drive for the third out. |
| 6. v. To put a glove or gloves on. |
| Maxwell gloved his hand so that he wouldn't leave fingerprints, then pulled the trigger. |
| 7. v. (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. |
| Nederlands > Engels |
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| handschoen |
| 1. n-m. glove (item of clothing) |
