fingered
USFING-gurd/ˈfɪŋɡəɹd/FING-guhd/ˈfɪŋɡəd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of finger. Use this form for something that already happened.
She fingered the soft cloth on the shelf before buying it.
The boy nervously fingered the coins in his pocket.
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- 2Having fingers of a certain kind or number.
The long-fingered child could already reach a wide span on the piano.
Tree frogs often have wide-fingered feet that help them climb.
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- 3Shaped like an open hand, with parts spreading out like fingers.
The plant has fingered leaves that spread out like an open hand.
Some corals grow in fingered shapes along the reef.
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fingered is a form of finger
finger, verb: To name a person or thing as the one to blame, often by telling the police about someone. Full entry
- Spelling
- finger → fingered: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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Origin
From the word finger plus -ed.