palm Etymology 1
From (etyl) palme, from (etyl) palm, .
Noun
( en noun)
Any of various evergreen trees from the family Palmae'' or ''Arecaceae , which are mainly found in the tropics.
A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing.
* Bible, Revelations vii. 9
- A great multitude stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands.
Synonyms
* (tropical tree) palm tree
Derived terms
* coconut palm
* date palm
* palmate
* palmist
* palmistry
* Palm Sunday
Etymology 2
From (etyl) palme, paume, from (etyl) palme, paulme, .
Noun
( en noun)
The inner and somewhat concave part of the human hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
* Tennyson
- Clench'd her fingers till they bit the palm .
* 1990 October 28, , Warner Bros.
- The open palm of desire wants everything.
The corresponding part of the forefoot of a lower mammal.
A linear measure equal either to the breadth of the hand or to its length from the wrist to the ends of the fingers; a hand; used in measuring a horse's height.
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(sailmaking) A metallic disk attached to a strap and worn in the palm of the hand; used to push the needle through the canvas, in sewing sails, etc.
The broad flattened part of an antler, as of a full-grown fallow deer; so called as resembling the palm of the hand with its protruding fingers.
(nautical) The flat inner face of an anchor fluke.
Synonyms
* (flat of the hand) (l)
Antonyms
* (hand) hardel
Derived terms
* cross someone's palm
* grease someone's palm
* itchy palm
Verb
( en verb)
To hold or conceal something in the palm of the hand, e.g, for an act of sleight of hand or to steal something.
To hold something without bending the fingers significantly.
To move something with the palm of the hand.
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Derived terms
* palm off
See also
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* (Arecaceae)
* (hand)
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fist Etymology 1
From (etyl) fisten, fiesten, from (etyl) .
Derived terms
* (l)
Noun
( en noun)
The act of breaking wind; fise.
A puffball.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) fist, from (etyl) 'five'. More at five.
Noun
( en noun)
hand with the fingers clenched or curled inward
- The boxer's fists rained down on his opponent in the last round.
(printing) the pointing hand symbol
(ham radio) the characteristic signaling rhythm of an individual telegraph or CW operator when sending Morse code
(slang) a person's characteristic handwriting
A group of men.
The talons of a bird of prey.
* Spenser
- More light than culver in the falcon's fist .
(informal) An attempt at something.
* 2005 , Darryl N. Davis, Visions of Mind: Architectures for Cognition and Affect (page 144)
- With the rise of cognitive neuroscience, the time may be coming when we can make a reasonable fist of mapping down from an understanding of the functional architecture of the mind to the structural architecture of the brain.
Synonyms
* bunch of fives
* fist-size
* ductus
Derived terms
* fisty
* iron fist
* hand over fist
* fistful
* rule with an iron fist
Related terms
* fisticuff
* tight-fisted
Verb
( en verb)
To strike with the fist.
- ...may not score a point with his open hand(s), but may score a point by fisting the ball.'' Damian Cullen. "Running the rule." ''The Irish Times 18 Aug 2003, pg. 52.
To close (the hand) into a fist.
* 1969 , Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor , Penguin 2011, p. 29:
- He noticed Ada's trick of hiding her fingernails by fisting her hand or stretching it with the palm turned upward when helping herself to a biscuit.
To grip with a fist.
* 1851 ,
- I am an officer; but, how I wish I could fist a bit of old-fashioned beef in the fore-castle, as I used to when I was before the mast.
(slang) To fist-fuck.
See also
* knuckle
* punch
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