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| glove [ gluv ] |
noun (plural gloves) |
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1. shaped covering for hand: a shaped covering for the hand that includes five separated sections for the thumb and fingers, and extends to the wrist or the elbow
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2. sports protection for hand: a padded protective covering for the hand worn in some sports
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3. dress
Same as gauntlet1
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transitive verb (past and past participle gloved, present participle glov·ing, 3rd person present singular gloves) |
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put glove on something: to cover the hand with a glove, or cover an object with something that is like a glove
  Gloved and hatted, the children ventured out into the snow.
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| [ Old English glōf< Germanic, "hand"] |
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| glove·less adjective |
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the gloves are off used to indicate that a course of action is about to be pursued in a ruthless and uncompromisingly aggressive way
The gloves are off in the political debate.
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