finger
Pronunciation: /ˈfɪŋɡəː/
The English word “finger” has 20 meanings listed here.
noun
- A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb, and the corresponding part, irrespective of including a thumb, in many other animals.
- Similar or similar-looking extremities in other animals, particularly
- The lower, smaller segment of an arthropod claw.
- One of the supporting structures of wings in birds, bats, etc. evolved from earlier toes or fingers.
- One of the slender bony structures before the pectoral fins of gurnards and sea robins (Triglidae).
- Something similar in shape to the human finger, particularly
- Finger-shaped pieces of food.
- A tube extending from a sealed system, or sometimes into one in the case of a cold finger.
- Synonym of foxglove (D. purpurea).
- Something similarly extending, (especially) from a larger body, particularly
- Various protruding plant structures, as a banana from its hand.
- A lobe of the liver.
- The teeth parallel to the blade of a scythe, fitted to a wooden frame called a crade.
- The projections of a reaper or mower which similarly separate the stalks for cutting.
- Synonym of jet bridge: the narrow elevated walkway connecting a plane to an airport.
- A leaf in a finger tree data structure.
- Something similar in function or agency to the human finger, (usually) with regard to touching, grasping, or pointing.
- Synonym of hand, the part of a clock pointing to the hour, minute, or second.
- A policeman or prison guard.
- An informer to the police, (especially) one who identifies a criminal during a lineup.
Etymology
PIE word *pénkʷe From Middle English fynger, finger, from Old English finger (“finger”), from Proto-West Germanic *fingr, from Proto-Germanic *fingraz (“finger”), from Proto-Indo-European *penkʷrós, from *pénkʷe (“five”). Cognate with West Frisian finger, German and Low German Finger, Dutch vinger, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish finger, Faroese and Icelandic fingur; see…
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