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gloved

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glove  (glv)
n.
1.
a. A fitted covering for the hand with a separate sheath for each finger and the thumb.
b. A gauntlet.
2. Sports Any of various coverings for the hand designed to provide protection or improve the grip, as:
a. An oversized leather glove used for catching baseballs, especially one with more finger sheaths than the catcher's or first baseman's mitt.
b. A glove made of leather and fabric having padding on the back and extending over the wrist, used in hockey and lacrosse.
c. A boxing glove.
d. 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 glf.]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.gloved - having the hands covered with gloves
gloveless - devoid of gloves
Translations
gloved [glʌvd] ADJ [hand] → enguantado
gloved [ˈglʌvd] adj [hand] → ganté(e)
glove puppet nmarionnette f (à gaine)
gloved
adjbehandschuht
gloved [glʌvd] adjinguantato/a
gloved [glʌvd] adjinguantato/a


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To my surprise, the young lady held up her gloved hand to detain me.
The landlord, in plain clothes, and bareheaded, placed himself on the bottom marble step, abreast the PORTIER, who stood on the other end of the same steps; six or eight waiters, gloved, bareheaded, and wearing their whitest linen, their whitest cravats, and their finest swallow-tails, grouped themselves about these chiefs, but leaving the carpetway clear.
"I am very fortunate," he said, taking the delicately gloved hand into his fingers, "to find you so soon.
 
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