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| Sounds | fih'ngger |
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| Rhymes | agar, anger, armiger, and 60 more rhymes in ger at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | Any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb). |
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| Examples | "her fingers were long and thin" |
| Part of | hand, manus, mitt, paw |
| Parts | fingertip; fingernail; knuckle, knuckle joint, metacarpophalangeal joint |
| Narrower | thumb, pollex; index, index finger, forefinger; ring finger, annualry; middle finger; pinkie, pinky, little finger |
| Broader | digit, dactyl; extremity |
| Verbs | finger; finger; finger |
| Meaning | The length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure. |
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| Synonyms | fingerbreadth, finger's breadth, digit |
| Broader | linear unit |
| Meaning | The part of a glove that provides a covering for one of the fingers. |
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| Part of | glove, gloves |
| Broader | covering |
| Meaning | Feel or handle with the fingers. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Examples | "finger the binding of the book" |
| Synonyms | thumb |
| Broader | touch |
| Nouns | finger; fingering |
| Meaning | Examine by touch. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "The customer fingered the sweater" |
| Synonyms | feel |
| Entails | touch |
| Similar to | feel |
| Nouns | finger; fingering |
| Meaning | Search for on the computer. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
| Examples | "I fingered my boss and found that he is not logged on in the afternoons" |
| Broader | search, seek, look for |
| Meaning | Indicate the fingering for the playing of musical scores for keyboard instruments. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Broader | indicate, point, show |
| Nouns | fingering; finger |