# palmed

Pronunciation: say "PAHMD" US /pɑmd/, UK /pɑːmd/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of palm. — simple past and past participle of palm
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of palm. Use it for the past, or after has, have, had, is, was or were.
   - _The cardsharp palmed an ace and dealt himself the winning hand._
   - _The patient had palmed the pill instead of swallowing it._

## Adjective

2. Bearing one or more broad, flattened expansions of bone shaped like an open hand, as seen in the antlers of moose and certain deer.
   - Simple: Having broad, flat antler parts that look like an open hand.
   - _A mature bull moose grows broadly palmed antlers before the fall rut._
   - _The fallow deer's palmed antlers broaden into a shovel-like blade in older males._

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