# fingered

Pronunciation: US say "FING-gurd" /ˈfɪŋɡəɹd/; UK say "FING-guhd" /ˈfɪŋɡəd/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of finger. — simple past and past participle of finger
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of finger. Use this form for something that already happened.
   - _She fingered the edge of the worn photograph as she spoke._
   - _Detectives believe he was fingered by a former associate._

## Adjective

2. Having fingers of a particular kind, shape, or number.
   - Simple: Having fingers of a certain kind or number.
   - _The portrait showed a delicate, long-fingered woman holding a fan._
   - _Many climbing lizards have broad-fingered feet suited to gripping bark._
3. Divided into or bearing parts that radiate from a central base like the spread fingers of a hand.
   - Simple: Shaped like an open hand, with parts spreading out like fingers.
   - _Botanists described the fern's fingered fronds radiating from a single stalk._
   - _The fungus produces fingered structures that branch like a splayed hand._

## Origin

Formed from finger combined with the suffix -ed.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/fingered (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).