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finger
  • n  any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb)
    her fingers were long and thin
  • n  the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure
  • n  one of the parts of a glove that provides covering for a finger or thumb
  • v  feel or handle with the fingers
    finger the binding of the book
  • v  examine by touch
    The customer fingered the sweater
  • v  search for on the computer
    I fingered my boss and found that he is not logged on in the afternoons
  • v  indicate the fingering for the playing of musical scores for keyboard instruments
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finger's breadth
  • n  the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure
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finger-flower
  • n  tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers; leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock
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finger-painting
  • n  a painting produced by spreading paint with the fingers
  • n  painting by using the fingers to spread the paint
  • v  apply colors with one's fingers
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finger-pointing
  • n  the imputation of blame
    they want all the finger-pointing about intelligence failures to stop
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finger-roll
  • n  a basketball shot that rolls off the tips of the fingers into the basket
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finger-root
  • n  tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers; leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock
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finger alphabet
  • n  an alphabet used by the deaf; letters are represented by finger positions
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