glove /ɡlʌv/noun 5verb 3forms 3phrases 3 noun5 •a soft cover for the hand, made so that each finger can still move by itselfI wore gloves to keep my hands warm.The boxing champ laced on his gloves before the big bout. •A baseball mitt. •A challenge from one to another.to throw down the glove, i.e. to offer a challenge; to take up the glove, to accept it •(figurative) The ability to catch a hit ball.Frederico had a great glove, but he couldn't hit a curveball, so he never broke into the pros. •(slang) A condom. verb3 •To put a glove or gloves on.Maxwell gloved his hand so that he wouldn't leave fingerprints, then pulled the trigger. •To catch the ball in a baseball mitt.He gloved the line drive for the third out. •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. formsgloved · gloving · gloves Phrases with glove glove upTo don a pair of (e.g. surgical) gloves. hand-in-gloveClosely cooperative. kid-gloveMarked by extreme care or sensitivity.
