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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. the handwear used by fielders in playing baseball;
[syn: baseball glove, glove, baseball mitt, mitt]

2. handwear: covers the hand and wrist;

3. boxing equipment consisting of big and padded coverings for the fists of the fighters; worn for the sport of boxing;
[syn: boxing glove, glove]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Glove \Glove\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gloved; p. pr. & vb. n. Gloving.] To cover with, or as with, a glove. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Glove \Glove\ (gl[u^]v), n. [OE. glove, glofe, AS. gl[=o]f; akin to Icel. gl[=o]fi, cf. Goth. l[=o]fa palm of the hand, Icel. l[=o]fi.] [1913 Webster] 1. A cover for the hand, or for the hand and wrist, with a separate sheath for each finger. The latter characteristic distinguishes the glove from the mitten. [1913 Webster] 2. A boxing glove. [1913 Webster] Boxing glove. See under Boxing. Glove fight, a pugilistic contest in which the fighters wear boxing gloves. Glove money or Glove silver. (a) A tip or gratuity to servants, professedly to buy gloves with. (b) (Eng. Law.) A reward given to officers of courts; also, a fee given by the sheriff of a county to the clerk of assize and judge's officers, when there are no offenders to be executed. Glove sponge (Zool.), a fine and soft variety of commercial sponges (Spongia officinalis). To be hand and glove with, to be intimately associated or on good terms with. "Hand and glove with traitors." --J. H. Newman. To handle without gloves, to treat without reserve or tenderness; to deal roughly with. [Colloq.] To take up the glove, to accept a challenge or adopt a quarrel. To throw down the glove, to challenge to combat. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

glove n 1: the handwear used by fielders in playing baseball [syn: baseball glove, glove, baseball mitt, mitt] 2: handwear: covers the hand and wrist 3: boxing equipment consisting of big and padded coverings for the fists of the fighters; worn for the sport of boxing [syn: boxing glove, glove]