Globed vs Gloved - What's the difference?
globed | gloved |
(globe)
Any spherical (or nearly spherical) object.
The planet Earth.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author=(Timothy Garton Ash)
, volume=189, issue=6, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= A spherical model of Earth or any planet.
(dated, or, Australia, South Africa) A light bulb.
* 1920 , Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific bulletin: volumes 9-10 (page 26)
A circular military formation used in Ancient Rome, corresponding to the modern infantry square.
* Milton
To become spherical
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wearing gloves
* 1998 Louise Simmers: Diversified Health Occupations Essentials, ISBN 0827378173. (page 249) [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0827378173&id=QcywMAZFY4oC&pg=RA1-PA249&lpg=RA1-PA249&ots=y3BcxEAH5m&dq=gloved&sig=yqRgNR2s6etF8FNLS_ouBUN2n28]
(glove)
As verbs the difference between globed and gloved
is that globed is past tense of globe while gloved is past tense of glove.As an adjective gloved is
wearing gloves.globed
English
Verb
(head)globe
English
(wikipedia globe)Noun
(en noun)- the globe''' of the eye; the '''globe of a lamp
- (John Locke)
Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli, passage=Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe . Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.}}
- Don't ask for a new globe just because the old one needs dusting. The old-style carbon lamps wasted electricity when they began to fade and it was economy to replace them.
- Him round / A globe of fiery seraphim enclosed.
Synonyms
* (The Earth) Earth, world, Terra, Sol IIIDerived terms
* globe-trotter * show globe * snowglobeVerb
(glob)gloved
English
Adjective
(-)- Holding your gloved right hand under the cuff of the left glove, insert your left hand in the left glove.