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forefinger

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fore·fin·ger  (fôrfnggr, fr-)
n.
See index finger.
forefinger [ˈfɔːˌfɪŋgə]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) the finger next to the thumb Also called index finger
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.forefingerforefinger - the finger next to the thumb        
index finger, index
finger - any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb); "her fingers were long and thin"
Translations
forefinger [ˈfɔːˌfɪŋgəʳ] N → dedo m índice, índice m
forefinger [ˈfɔːrfɪŋgər] n → index m inv
forefinger
n → Zeigefinger m
forefinger [ˈfɔːˌfɪŋgəʳ] n → (dito) indice m
forefinger [ˈfɔːˌfɪŋgəʳ] n → (dito) indice m
forefinger
n forefinger [ˈfoːfiŋgə]
the finger next to the thumb. voorvinger; wysvinger سَبّابَه показалец ukazováček pegefinger der Zeigefinger δείκτης índice nimetissõrm انگشت اشاره etusormi index הָאֶצבַּע הַמוֹרָה तर्जनी kažiprst mutatóujj telunjuk vísifingur indice 人さし指 집게손가락 smilius rādītājpirksts jari telunjuk wijsvinger pekefinger palec wskazujący dedo indicador deget (arătător) указательный палец ukazovák kazalec kažiprst pekfinger นิ้วชี้ işaret parmağı 食指 вказівний палець انگوٹھے کے برابر والی ، شہادت کی انگلی ngón tay trỏ 食指


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The scene was a plain, bare, monotonous vault of a school-room, and the speaker's square forefinger emphasized his observations by underscoring every sentence with a line on the schoolmaster's sleeve.
Hard Times by Dickens, Charles View in context
But Pollyanna found it, and ran her shaking forefinger down through the C's to "Chilton.
Pollyanna by Porter, Eleanor H. View in context
" Joan Durbeyfield, as she spoke, curved a sodden thumb and forefinger to the shape of the letter C, and used the other forefinger as a pointer, "'At the present moment,' he says to your father, 'your heart is enclosed all round there, and all round there; this space is still open,' 'a says.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context
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