Gove vs Glove - What's the difference?
gove | glove |
To stare stupidly.
An item of clothing other than a mitten, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but allowing independent movement of the fingers.
A baseball mitt.
(baseball, figuratively) The ability to catch a hit ball.
(slang) A condom.
(baseball) To catch the ball in a baseball mitt.
To put on a glove.
(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.
As nouns the difference between gove and glove
is that gove is (obsolete) a mow; a rick for hay while glove is an item of clothing other than a mitten, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but allowing independent movement of the fingers.As verbs the difference between gove and glove
is that gove is to stare stupidly while glove is (baseball|transitive) to catch the ball in a baseball mitt.gove
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Etymology 1
Alternative forms
* goaf, goff, goofEtymology 2
Verb
(gov)References
* The Oxford English Dictionaryglove
English
(wikipedia glove)Noun
(en noun)Verb
(glov)- He gloved the line drive for the third out.
- Maxwell gloved his hand so that he wouldn't leave fingerprints, then pulled the trigger.