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glove

  [gluhv] noun, verb, gloved, glov⋅ing.
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–noun
1. a covering for the hand made with a separate sheath for each finger and for the thumb.
2. boxing glove.
3. baseball glove.
4. gauntlet 1 .
–verb (used with object)
5. to cover with or as if with a glove; provide with gloves.
6. to serve as a glove for.
—Idioms
7. hand and glove. hand (def. 55).
8. handle with kid gloves. kid gloves (def. 2).
9. take up the glove. gauntlet 1 (def. 4).
10. throw down the glove. gauntlet 1 (def. 5).
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE glōf; c. ON glōfi

Related forms:
gloveless, adjective
glovelike, adjective
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glove   (glŭv)   
n.  
    1. A fitted covering for the hand with a separate sheath for each finger and the thumb.
    2. A gauntlet.
    3. An oversized leather glove used for catching baseballs, especially one with more finger sheaths than the catcher's or first baseman's mitt.
    4. A glove made of leather and fabric having padding on the back and extending over the wrist, used in hockey and lacrosse.
    5. A boxing glove.
    6. A close-fitting leather glove used to improve the grip, as in batting or in golf.
  2. Sports Any of various coverings for the hand designed to provide protection or improve the grip, as:
    1. An oversized leather glove used for catching baseballs, especially one with more finger sheaths than the catcher's or first baseman's mitt.
    2. A glove made of leather and fabric having padding on the back and extending over the wrist, used in hockey and lacrosse.
    3. A boxing glove.
    4. A close-fitting leather glove used to improve the grip, as in batting or in golf.
  3. Baseball Fielding ability: a shortstop with a good glove.
v.   gloved, glov·ing, gloves

v.   tr.
  1. To furnish with gloves.
  2. To cover with or as if with a glove.
v.   intr.
To don gloves, as before performing an operation on a patient.

[Middle English, from Old English glōf.]
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Glove

Glove\ (gl[u^]v), n. [OE. glove, glofe, AS. gl[=o]f; akin to Icel. gl[=o]fi, cf. Goth. l[=o]fa palm of the hand, Icel. l[=o]fi.]

1. A cover for the hand, or for the hand and wrist, with a separate sheath for each finger. The latter characteristic distinguishes the glove from the mitten.

2. A boxing glove.

Boxing glove. See under Boxing.

Glove fight, a pugilistic contest in which the fighters wear boxing gloves.

Glove money or silver. (a) A tip or gratuity to servants, professedly to buy gloves with. (b) (Eng. Law.) A reward given to officers of courts; also, a fee given by the sheriff of a county to the clerk of assize and judge's officers, when there are no offenders to be executed.

Glove sponge (Zo["o]l.), a fine and soft variety of commercial sponges (Spongia officinalis).

To be hand and glove with, to be intimately associated or on good terms with. "Hand and glove with traitors." --J. H. Newman.

To handle without gloves, to treat without reserve or tenderness; to deal roughly with. [Colloq.]

To take up the glove, to accept a challenge or adopt a quarrel.

To throw down the glove, to challenge to combat.

Glove

Glove\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gloved; p. pr. & vb. n. Gloving.] To cover with, or as with, a glove.
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Language Translation for : glove
Spanish: guante,
German: der Handschuh,
Japanese: 手袋
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glove 
O.E. glof "covering for the hand," also "palm of the hand," from P.Gmc. *galofo (cf. O.N. glofi), probably from *ga- collective prefix + *lofo "hand." To fit like a glove is first recorded 1771.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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glove

see fit like a glove; hand in glove; handle with kid gloves; hang up (one's gloves); with the gloves off.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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