palm
- noun
- /pɑm/
- Mama studied me and rested her palm against my forehead like a cool rag.
- palm of the hand
- palms and soles
- open palm
It was like, I was like, yo, my palm caught all of that.
- It was like, I was like, yo, my palm caught all of that.
- Let it warm in your palm before you cock it like so.
- Lifting the chest, Yes, taking the palms of the hands facing them up or down.
- She was sitting down, palms clammy, breathing weirdly.
- But the consistency of soap on a dry palm makes no sense to me.
- To knead the dough, press down with the palm of your hands.
- And then, yes, you can put your palm on my forehead.
Examples
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And all of a sudden, in the center of my palm, I feel a pulse.
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Dad told me to swim in a straight line, tracing his finger across my palm.
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hold hands with the person sitting' next to you, palm to palm.
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Put your hands palm down on your knees and just relax.
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How are you all doing?" He extends his palm flat out for us to shake hands.
Fiction book (1990) -
I held the paper in my palm and, I have to admit, my hand trembled a bit.
Academic text (2011) -
And that explains the abrasion on your palm!
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They have some padding on the palm and key areas for your hand.
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Crumble the meal between the palms of the hands and pass it through a fine sieve.
Academic text (1990) -
When he held the trophy, the weight rested comfortably in the palm of his hand.
Synonyms
The inside surface of the hand between the wrist and the fingers
Idioms
To pay someone for a service, especially to have them tell your future
- Informal
To give someone money secretly to make them do something for you
Compounds
A city in southeast Florida on the mainland near Palm Beach with beaches, shops, and warm weather
The Sunday before Easter when Christians remember Jesus' entry into Jerusalem and hold palm leaves
- US
A small palm tree from southern Florida and the West Indies that looks like the silvertop palmetto
- US
A tall tropical palm tree with large nuts that give oil and a hard material like ivory
- South African
A tall tropical tree from West Africa whose fruit is used to make palm oil
A palm tree native to Central and South America that produces oil from its fruit
- Indian
A small meat-eating mammal from Southeast Asia with dark bands and a long tail
- Specialized
A tall palm tree from northern Brazil that has hard nuts with oil and a white core used like ivory
A palm tree with fan-shaped leaves that grows in the southern United States and the Caribbean
- Specialized
A small tropical plant with fan-shaped leaves, thin stems, and loose fibers at the leaf bases
- Australian
A tall palm tree whose wide leaves people use to make roofs and weave baskets
- Specialized
A palm tree with a fibrous base that gives sweet sap for wine and a trunk used to make sago
A South American palm tree with no visible trunk that produces hard white nuts used for carving
- Indian
A tall palm whose sweet sap makes jaggery and whose soft inner trunk gives sago
- Specialized
A tall palm tree from Brazil with very large split leaves and strong stems used for building or weaving
- Specialized
A large tropical tree with very long feather-like leaves whose leaf stems give strong fiber
- Philippine
A small wild animal like a cat with spots or stripes that lives in trees in Southeast Asian forests
- Specialized
A group of mainly tropical plants like coconut and date trees with large leaves
A tall tree with fan-shaped leaves used for roofing and weaving, hard wood, and sweet sap used to make wine
- Specialized
A Brazilian palm with long stiff fibers used to make ropes, brooms, and mats
- Specialized
A Brazilian palm with strong leaf fibers used to make ropes and brushes
- Philippine
A large tropical palm tree whose sweet sap makes sugar and wine and whose trunk gives sago
- Indian
A tall palm tree from southern India and Sri Lanka with very large leaves used as umbrellas or for writing
- US
A small palm tree from southern Florida and the West Indies with leaves used to cover roofs
- Specialized
A Chinese palm with thinner stems and leaves than the common lady palm
A tropical plant with large leaves and a dark red flower sheath grown for its edible underground stems or decoration
Surface Forms
Etymology
Palm comes from the Latin palma, which meant the 'palm of the hand' and pointed to the open hand people showed. So, palm means the inside surface of your hand.