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1. finger
noun. ['ˈfɪŋgɝ'] any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb).
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Etymology
- finger (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
Rhymes with Finger
- linger
- ingar
How do you pronounce finger?
Pronounce finger as ˈfɪŋgər.
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Sentences with finger
1. Noun, singular or mass
A good way to test this is to poke your finger about an inch into the soil.
Quotes about finger
1. Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails forward toward success.
- C. S. Lewis
2. There is no surprise more magical than the surprise of being loved: It is God's finger on man's shoulder.
- Charles Morgan
3. Dreams like a podcast,Downloading truth in my ears.They tell me cool stuff.""Apollo?"I guess, because I figured nobody else could make a haiku that bad.He put his finger to his lips. "I'm incognito. Call me Fred.""A god named Fred?
- Rick Riordan
2. lady's-finger
noun. tall coarse annual of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern United States and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus.
6. finger
verb. ['ˈfɪŋgɝ'] feel or handle with the fingers.
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Etymology
- finger (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
7. finger
noun. ['ˈfɪŋgɝ'] one of the parts of a glove that provides covering for a finger or thumb.
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Etymology
- finger (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
8. finger
noun. ['ˈfɪŋgɝ'] the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure.
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Etymology
- finger (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
9. finger
verb. ['ˈfɪŋgɝ'] indicate the fingering for the playing of musical scores for keyboard instruments.
Antonyms
Etymology
- finger (Old English (ca. 450-1100))