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Image:Gunte_002.jpg|thumb|right|200px|cotton gloves with grips

Pronunciation
AHD|glŭv, IPA|/ɡl�v/, SAMPA|/glVv/
audio|en-us-glove.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|�v

Noun
en-noun

1. An item of clothing other than a mitten, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but allowing independent movement of the fingers.

#: I wore gloves to keep my hands warm.
#: The champ laced on his gloves before the big bout.

1. baseball 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.

Related terms
baseball glove
boxing glove
fingerless glove
fit like a glove
given the glove
hand in glove
iron fist in a velvet glove
kid glove
the gloves are off
work glove
deglove
gloved

Translations
trans-top|item of clothing
trreq|Albanian
Arabic: Arab|��از|���از (qaff�z) m
trreq|Armenian
Bulgarian: ��кави�а (râkavica) f
Chinese}}: �� (sh�utào)
Czech: rukavice f
trreq|Danish
Dutch: handschoen f
trreq|Esperanto
trreq|Estonian
Finnish: hansikas, hanska, sormikas
French: gant m
German: Handschuh m
Greek: γάν�ι (gándi) n, �ει��κ�ιο (kheiróktio) n
Hebrew: �פפ�|�ְּפָפָ� (k�fafa) f
Hungarian: t|hu|kesztyű
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Norwegian: vante m, hanske m
Japanese: �� (hiragana: ����, romaji: tebukuro)
Kurdish: KUchar|د��ستک�ش
Maltese: nkwanta f
Old English: glóf f
Portuguese: luva f
Romanian: t-|ro|m�nu��|f
Russian: пе��а�ка (per�átka) f, ��кави�а (rukavíca) f
Scottish Gaelic: dòrnag f, làmhainn f
Serbian: rukavica f
Slovene: rokavica f
Spanish: guante m
Swedish: vante c, handske c
trreq|Turkish
trreq|Vietnamese
Yiddish: �ענ�שקע (hentshke) f
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trans-top|baseball:ability to catch a hit ball
Finnish: hanskakäsi
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Russian: пе��а�ка (per�átka) f
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Verb
en-verb|glov|ing

1. context|baseball|transitive To catch the ball in a baseball mitt

#:He gloved the line drive for the third out.

1. transitive To put on a glove.

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

See also
gauntlet
mitten
mitt

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