GLOVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does glove mean? 

• GLOVE (noun)
  The noun GLOVE has 3 senses:

1. the handwear used by fielders in playing baseball

2. handwear: covers the hand and wrist

3. boxing equipment consisting of big and padded coverings for the fists of the fighters; worn for the sport of boxing

  Familiarity information: GLOVE used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GLOVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The handwear used by fielders in playing baseball

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

baseball glove; baseball mitt; glove; mitt

Hypernyms ("glove" is a kind of...):

baseball equipment (equipment used in playing baseball)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Handwear: covers the hand and wrist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("glove" is a kind of...):

hand wear; handwear (clothing for the hands)

Meronyms (parts of "glove"):

finger (one of the parts of a glove that provides covering for a finger or thumb)

thumb (the part of a glove that provides a covering for the thumb)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "glove"):

batting glove (a glove worn by batters in baseball to give a firmer grip on the bat)

gantlet; gauntlet (a glove with long sleeve)

gantlet; gauntlet; metal glove (a glove of armored leather; protects the hand)

golf glove (a glove worn by golfers to give a firm grip on the handle of the golf club)

kid glove; suede glove (a glove made of fine soft leather (as kidskin))

mitten (glove that encases the thumb separately and the other four fingers together)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Boxing equipment consisting of big and padded coverings for the fists of the fighters; worn for the sport of boxing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

boxing glove; glove

Hypernyms ("glove" is a kind of...):

boxing equipment (equipment used in boxing)

Domain category:

boxing; fisticuffs; pugilism (fighting with the fists)

 Context examples 

He 'ad white kid gloves on 'is 'ands, and he pointed out the animiles to me and says: 'Keeper, these wolves seem upset at something.'

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

“Now, sir,” said my aunt to Mr. Micawber, as she put on her gloves, “we are ready for Mount Vesuvius, or anything else, as soon as YOU please.”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Mr. Windibank gave a violent start and dropped his gloves. “I am delighted to hear it,” he said.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Well, sir, when I came into this room yesterday, when the alarm was given, the very first thing I saw was Mr. Gilchrist’s tan gloves a-lying in that chair.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Last summer Meg left a pair of gloves over at the Laurences' and only one was returned.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Jim Hall believed that the judge knew all about it and was hand in glove with the police in the perpetration of the monstrous injustice.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

He drew on his gloves, closed the door, and marched off down the street.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Then, amid a long-drawn breath from the spectators, the glove fell from the marshal's hand, and the two steel-clad horsemen met like a thunderclap in front of the royal stand.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I used to get my sulphur-coloured gloves from the Palais Royal.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I'm on your side now, hand and glove; and I shouldn't wish for to see the party weakened, let alone yourself, seeing as I know what I owes you.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)