glove
- noun
- /ɡlʌv/
- First, she puts on cotton gloves and inserts the film chips into an aluminum mask.
- wear gloves
- latex gloves
- use gloves
No, just a face mask, gloves, stuff like that.
- No, just a face mask, gloves, stuff like that.
- It hurts, but you can't use gloves to protect yourself.
- He's got he's got like a corset on fingerless gloves and a gold grill, right.
- I'm told that you need gloves to handle this thing.
- Like give you just the gloves but sell the claws maybe.
- Oops, I lost where I was some winter gloves, a beautiful jacket.
- But they did bring black socks and and black gloves with them to Mexico.
Examples
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The doctor put on a pair of gloves to examine the patient safely.
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OK, so I have some gloves and a hat.
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With further development and testing, the glove may become an effective clinical tool.
Academic text (1990) -
Several interventions exist to prevent infection, including the use of gloves as personal protective equipment.
Academic text (2015) -
We need to help them get masks, gloves, and gowns that they need.
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The chill was seeping beneath her coat, through her gloves, into her riding boots.
Fiction book (1990) -
Before heading out in the cold, she always wears her favorite gloves to keep her hands warm.
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He slipped on his baseball gloves before stepping onto the field for practice.
Synonyms
A glove with a thumb part and one part for the other four fingers
A warm glove that keeps the fingers together and has a thumb
A large leather glove that baseball players wear to catch the ball
Idioms
Compounds
A padded leather glove boxers wear to protect their hand and the opponent from serious injury
- Archaic
Loss of feeling in the hand and wrist in a glove-like pattern not caused by a physical injury
How Protective
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word glove comes from an old Germanic word meaning 'hand-cover', like a small leather bag for your fingers. That's why a glove is a piece of clothing that protects and warms the hand.