glove

(noun, verb)

noun

1. the handwear used by fielders in playing baseball

Similar word(s): mitt

Definition categories: man–made

2. handwear: covers the hand and wrist

Definition categories: man–made

3. boxing equipment consisting of big and padded coverings for the fists of the fighters; worn for the sport of boxing

Definition categories: man–made

Sentences with glove as a noun:

- I wore gloves to keep my hands warm.

- The boxing champ laced on his gloves before the big bout.

- Frederico had a great glove, but he couldn't hit a curveball, so he never broke into the pros.

verb

1. (baseball, transitive) To catch the ball in a baseball mitt.

- He gloved the line drive for the third out.

2. (transitive) To put on a glove.

- Maxwell gloved his hand so that he wouldn't leave fingerprints, then pulled the trigger.

3. (cricket) To touch a delivery with one's glove while the gloved hand is on the bat. Under the rules of cricket, the batsman is deemed to have hit the ball.