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PALM READING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does palm reading mean?
• PALM READING (noun)
The noun PALM READING has 1 sense:
1. telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand
Familiarity information: PALM READING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
chirology; chiromancy; palm reading; palmistry
Hypernyms ("palm reading" is a kind of...):
divination; foretelling; fortune telling; soothsaying (the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means)
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