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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

glove

/ɡlʌv/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.73 in modern English

Syllables
glove
IPA
/ɡlʌv/
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An item of clothing, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but usually allowing independent movement of the fingers.

noun

A baseball mitt.

noun

The ability to catch a hit ball.

noun

A condom.

Slang

noun

A challenge from one to another.

verb

To catch the ball in a baseball mitt.

Transitive verb

verb

To put a glove or gloves on.

Transitive verb

verb

To touch (a delivery) with one's glove while the gloved hand is on the bat. Under the rules of cricket, the batsman is deemed to have hit the ball.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English glove, glofe, from Old English glōf, *glōfe, *glōfa, ("glove"; weak forms attested only in plural form glōfan (“gloves”)), from Proto-Germanic *galōfô (“glove”), from Proto-Germanic *ga- (“collective and associative prefix”) + Proto-Germanic *lōfô (“flat of the hand, palm”), from Proto-Indo-European *lāp-, *lēp-, *lep- (“flat”). Cognate with Scots gluve, gluive (“glove”), Icelandic glófi (“glove”). Related to Middle English lofe, lufe (“palm of the hand”). More at loof.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: glove, glōf, *galōfô, *ga-, *lōfô, *lāp-

Usage

Inflected Forms

gloves (plural) gloves (present, singular) gloving (participle, present) gloved (participle, past) gloved (past)

Derived Forms

begloved codglove cryoglove deglove footglove glitten glovebag gloved gloveful gloveless glovelike glovemaker

Phrases

baseball glove batting glove boxing glove data glove driving glove drop the gloves evening glove fingerless glove

Frequently Paired Words

cot gauntlet handshoe mitt mitten

Synonyms

gauntlet handglove handshoe baseball glove baseball mitt mitt boxing glove

Rhymes With

of love above gov thereof dove shove labov belove stove fit like a glove luv

Questions

How do you pronounce glove?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɡlʌv/.
What does glove mean?
An item of clothing, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but usually allowing independent movement of the fingers.
Where does glove come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce glove

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