Finger
['fɪŋgə] or ['fɪŋɡɚ]
Definition
(noun.) one of the parts of a glove that provides covering for a finger or thumb.
(noun.) any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb); 'her fingers were long and thin'.
(noun.) the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure.
(verb.) indicate the fingering for the playing of musical scores for keyboard instruments.
(verb.) feel or handle with the fingers; 'finger the binding of the book'.
(verb.) search for on the computer; 'I fingered my boss and found that he is not logged on in the afternoons'.
Checked by Annabelle--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One of the five terminating members of the hand; a digit; esp., one of the four extermities of the hand, other than the thumb.
(n.) Anything that does work of a finger; as, the pointer of a clock, watch, or other registering machine; especially (Mech.) a small projecting rod, wire, or piece, which is brought into contact with an object to effect, direct, or restrain a motion.
(n.) The breadth of a finger, or the fourth part of the hand; a measure of nearly an inch; also, the length of finger, a measure in domestic use in the United States, of about four and a half inches or one eighth of a yard.
(n.) Skill in the use of the fingers, as in playing upon a musical instrument.
(v. t.) To touch with the fingers; to handle; to meddle with.
(v. t.) To touch lightly; to toy with.
(v. t.) To perform on an instrument of music.
(v. t.) To mark the notes of (a piece of music) so as to guide the fingers in playing.
(v. t.) To take thievishly; to pilfer; to purloin.
(v. t.) To execute, as any delicate work.
(v. i.) To use the fingers in playing on an instrument.
Typist: Sharif
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Handle, touch.[2]. Play on (an instrument).
v. n. Use the fingers (in playing on an instrument).
Edited by Harold
Definition
n. one of the five terminal parts of the hand: a finger-breadth: skill in the use of the hand or fingers: execution in music.—v.t. to handle or perform with the fingers: to pilfer: to toy or meddle with.—v.i. to use lightly with the fingers as a musical instrument.—ns. Fing′er-al′phabet a deaf and dumb alphabet; Fing′er-board the board or part of a musical instrument on which the keys for the fingers are placed; Fing′er-bowl -glass a bowl for holding the water used to cleanse the fingers after a meal; Fing′er-breadth the breadth of a finger the fourth part of a palm forming 1⁄16 of a foot.—adj. Fing′ered having fingers or anything like fingers.—ns. Fing′er-grass grass of genus Digitaria; Fing′er-hole a hole in the side of the tube of a flute &c. capable of being closed by the player's finger to modify the pitch of tone; Fing′ering act or manner of touching with the fingers esp. a musical instrument: a thick woollen yarn for stockings; Fing′erling a very diminutive being: the parr; Fing′er-mark a mark esp. a soil made by the finger; Fing′er-plate a thin plate of metal or porcelain laid along the edge of a door at the handle to prevent soiling by the hand; Fing′er-post a post with a finger pointing for directing passengers to the road; Fing′er-stall a covering of leather for protecting the finger.—Finger-and-toe (see Anbury).—A finger in the pie a share in the doing of anything often of vexatious meddling; Have at one's finger-ends to be perfect master of a subject; Have one's fingers all thumbs to have awkward fingers.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of seeing your fingers soiled or scratched, with the blood exuding, denotes much trouble and suffering. You will despair of making your way through life. To see beautiful hands, with white fingers, denotes that your love will be requited and that you will become renowned for your benevolence. To dream that your fingers are cut clean off, you will lose wealth and a legacy by the intervention of enemies.
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Examples
- In a moment, laying his finger on his lips, he made a silent gesture to Miss Ophelia to come and look. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- This was found between the finger and thumb of the dead man. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- She's that earnest, says Mr. Bagnet, and true to her colours--that, touch us with a finger--and she turns out--and stands to her arms. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- You go away like this, he pointed to the thumb, and come back like this, he touched the little finger. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The plan of identifying people by their finger-prints, although at first used only on criminals, is now put to many other uses. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Then you must get him out of England before you stir a finger to extricate yourself. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The county police ought to make something of that, said he; why, it is surely obvious that-- But I held up a warning finger. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- His walk was soft; his voice was melancholy; his long lanky fingers were hooked like claws. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He showed four fingers. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- She raised her eyes to my face, on being thus addressed, and her fingers plied their work, and she looked at me with an unmoved countenance. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I sat down in the vacant chair--gently unclasped the poor, worn, restless fingers, and took both her hands in mine. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Anselmo came out of the mouth of the cave with a deep stone basin full of red wine and with his fingers through the handles of three cups. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- With this, Mr. Price snapped his fingers contemptuously, and rang the bell. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Their bodies were smaller and lighter in color, and their fingers and toes bore the rudiments of nails, which were entirely lacking among the males. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- And again the woman anxiously and actively fingered the mattress and added up in her mind and bargained with the old, unclean man. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He is a superb little fellow, especially in his caps, and most especially in the one you sent him, you good, dainty-fingered, persevering little lady! Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- A still greater number must be called monstrosities, such as six-fingered men, porcupine men, Ancon sheep, Niata cattle, etc. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- He felt of it from end to end, peered down the black depths of the muzzle, fingered the sights, the breech, the stock, and finally the trigger. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I know very well that you give me plenty of money, said George (fingering a bundle of notes which he had got in the morning from Mr. Chopper). William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Twas a wonderful thing that one body could hold it all and never mix the fingering. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- She lapsed into her inarticulate sounds, and unconsciously drew forth the article which she was fingering. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The poet was evidently inspired by Byron, remarked Crispin, idly fingering the piano keys; I expect he wrote it after the 'Isles of Greece,' song. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- She has a very good notion of fingering, though her taste is not equal to Anne's. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- But I'd no business to be fingering bills. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He could not immediately find any other mode of expressing himself than that of rising, fixing his eye-glass, and fingering the papers before him. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Edited by Benson