glove
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.