# thumbed

Pronunciation: say "THUMD" /θʌmd/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of thumb. — simple past and past participle of thumb
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of thumb. Use this form for something that already happened.
   - _The editor thumbed the manuscript, dog-earing pages as she went._
   - _Hitchhikers thumbed rides along the dusty highway all summer._

## Adjective

2. Having a thumb of a particular kind, as indicated by a preceding modifier.
   - Simple: Having a thumb of a certain shape or kind, usually shown by a word placed in front.
   - _The portrait showed a heavy-thumbed laborer gripping his tools._
   - _Surgeons often have nimble, slender-thumbed hands suited to fine work._

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