🧤 A hand covering 🧤 To put on gloves 🥎 To catch a ball

to glove

1 5.8

To catch a ball using a hand cover, especially in baseball

verb
/ɡlʌv/

: atrapar con el guante

The pitcher threw a fastball, and the catcher gloved it effortlessly to prevent any runs.
gloved the ball

Examples

The other teams either had to go down swinging or hit the ball into play so we could glove it.

Fiction book (1998)
Nomar fields it, gloves it, throws to first.

In the Bedroom (2001)
Halfway through the third, he slid across the crease to make a nice save, and thirty seconds later he gloved a shot from the top of the circle.

Blog text (1)
He gloved the ball smoothly, preventing it from hitting the ground during the baseball game.
As the batter hit the ball, the fielder gloved it quickly and made a precise throw to first base.

Synonyms

to field

vsto glove

9 3.5

To play and try to catch or stop the ball in a game

catch or stop the ball using hand protective equipment

Idioms

hand in glove

Informal

4 7.0

Working very closely in a secret or dishonest way

hand and glove

Informal

1 6.1

Working very closely together

Compounds

glove compartment

37 2.0

A small box in the front of a car for keeping papers and small things

kid-glove

11 7.9

Treating people or situations very carefully and gently

boxing glove

11 2.4

A padded leather glove boxers wear to protect their hand and the opponent from serious injury

baseball glove

10 2.0

A large leather glove that baseball players wear to catch the ball

batting glove

2 3.0

A glove a batter wears to improve grip on the bat and protect the hands

golf glove

1 2.7

Something you wear on your hand when you play golf to hold the club better

kid glove

1 7.2

A glove made of very soft leather from young goats

glove leather

1 4.4

Soft, flexible animal skin treated to make gloves

suede glove

1 4.1

A glove made from soft leather with a fuzzy surface

glove puppet

1 3.9

A small puppet that you put over your hand and move with your fingers

bath glove

1 2.2

A rough cloth mitt you use to wash and scrub your body

glove anesthesia

Archaic

1 9.9

Loss of feeling in the hand and wrist in a glove-like pattern not caused by a physical injury

shower glove

1 3.0

A rough cloth you wear on your hand in the shower to scrub dead skin

kid glove strategy

Informal

6.5

A careful gentle way to deal with a sensitive person or situation

kid-glove care

7.5

Very gentle treatment to avoid harm or upset

kid-glove precision

8.4

A very careful, gentle way of handling small things to avoid damage

kid-glove tactic

7.5

To deal with a sensitive problem very carefully to avoid making things worse

glove doll

6.7

A small puppet you wear on your hand and move with your fingers

How Secure

to glove

1 5.8

to miss

549 1.0

Surface Forms

glove infinitive

gloved past

gloved past participle

gloving present participle

gloves third person singular

Etymology

The verb glove in sports comes from the same idea of a 'hand-cover' catching something, so to glove a ball is to catch or stop it by holding it in your glove.