# glove

Pronunciation: say "GLUV" /ɡlʌv/

## Noun

1. An item of clothing that covers all or part of the hand and fingers, usually allowing the fingers to move independently.
   - Simple: A covering for the hand that usually has a separate part for each finger.
   - _He lost a glove on the train and spent days hunting for its match._
   - _Workers handling harsh chemicals must wear protective gloves at all times._
2. A padded leather mitt worn by a baseball player to catch the ball.
   - Simple: A thick padded mitt used to catch the ball in baseball.
   - _She snagged the fly ball with her glove and fired it home._
   - _Catchers use larger, more heavily padded gloves than infielders do._
5. Skill or ability in catching a batted ball.
   - Simple: Skill at catching a ball that has been hit.
   - _His bat is weak, but his glove keeps him in the starting lineup._
   - _Scouts raved about the rookie's glove at shortstop._
6. A challenge issued from one person to another.
   - Simple: A challenge to fight or compete, offered to someone.
   - _The young knight flung his glove at the champion's feet as a challenge._
   - _No one in the hall dared take up the glove he had cast down._
7. In slang, a condom. *(slang)*
   - Simple: A slang word for a condom, the thin cover a man wears during sex.
   - _He fished a glove out of the drawer before turning off the light._
   - _"If you're going to sleep with him, make sure he wears a glove," her older sister warned._

## Verb

3. To put a glove or gloves onto the hand.
   - Simple: To put a glove onto a hand.
   - _Surgeons glove their hands immediately after scrubbing in._
   - _He gloved his fingers carefully before handling the fragile artifact._
4. In baseball, to catch the ball with one's mitt.
   - Simple: To catch a baseball using a mitt.
   - _She gloved the sharp line drive without flinching._
   - _Shortstops must glove tricky hops off the infield dirt._
8. In cricket, to touch a delivery with the glove while the gloved hand is on the bat, so the batsman counts as having hit the ball.
   - Simple: In cricket, to touch the ball with your glove while gripping the bat, which counts as hitting it.
   - _She gloved the lifting delivery, and the keeper took an easy catch._
   - _Tail-enders sometimes glove fast deliveries down the leg side._

## Origin

From Middle English glove, from Old English glōf ("glove"), from Proto-Germanic *galōfô, formed from a collective prefix *ga- plus *lōfô ("flat of the hand, palm"), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lep- ("flat"). It is cognate with Scots gluve and Icelandic glófi.

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