glove

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Pronunciation

• enPR: glŭv, IPA: /ɡlʌv/

Noun

glove (plural gloves)

1. 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. A baseball mitt.
3. (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. (slang) A condom.
5. (with definite article) A challenge from one to another.

   to throw down the glove, i.e. to offer a challenge; to take up the glove, to accept it

Translations

• French: gant
• German: Handschuh
• Italian: guanto
• Portuguese: luva
• Russian: перча́тка
• Spanish: guante

Translations

• Spanish: (hat) gorro, (jacket) forro

Verb

glove (gloves, present participle gloving; past and past participle gloved)

1. (baseball, transitive) To catch the ball in a baseball mitt.

   He gloved the line drive for the third out.

2. (transitive) To put a glove or gloves on.

   Maxwell gloved his hand so that he wouldn't leave fingerprints, then pulled the trigger.

3. (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.

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