Definition of GLOVE

glove

Plural: gloves

Noun

  • the handwear used by fielders in playing baseball
  • handwear: covers the hand and wrist
  • boxing equipment consisting of big and padded coverings for the fists of the fighters; worn for the sport of boxing
  • An item of clothing, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but usually allowing independent movement of the fingers.
  • A baseball mitt.
  • The ability to catch a hit ball.
  • A condom.
  • A challenge from one to another.

Verb

Verb Forms: gloved, gloving, gloves

  • To cover with or furnish with a glove or gloves.
  • To catch the ball in a baseball mitt.
  • To put a glove or gloves on.
  • 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.

Examples

  • Frederico had a great glove, but he couldn't hit a curveball, so he never broke into the pros.
  • He gloved the line drive for the third out.
  • He tried to glove his strategy, preventing his opponent from seeing his potential plays.
  • I wore gloves to keep my hands warm.
  • Maxwell gloved his hand so that he wouldn't leave fingerprints, then pulled the trigger.
  • The boxing champ laced on his gloves before the big bout.
  • to throw down the glove, i.e. to offer a challenge; to take up the glove, to accept it

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English glove, glofe, from Old English glōf, *glōfe, *glōfa, ("glove"; weak forms attested only in plural form glōfan (“gloves”)), from Proto-Germanic *galōfô (“glove”), from Proto-Germanic *ga- (“collective and associative prefix”) + Proto-Germanic *lōfô (“flat of the hand, palm”), from Proto-Indo-European *lāp-, *lēp-, *lep- (“flat”). Cognate with Scots gluve, gluive (“glove”), Icelandic glófi (“glove”). Related to Middle English lofe, lufe (“palm of the hand”). More at loof.

Synonyms

baseball glove, baseball mitt, boxing glove, mitt, gauntlet, handglove, handshoe

Scrabble Score: 9

glove: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
glove: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
glove: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

glove: valid Words With Friends Word