Meaning

33 senses
  1. A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb, and the corresponding part, irrespective of including a thumb, in many other animals.

    Humans have two hands and ten fingers. Each hand has one thumb and four fingers.

  2. Similar or similar-looking extremities in other animals, particularly

  3. Similar or similar-looking extremities in other animals

    The lower, smaller segment of an arthropod claw.

  4. One of the supporting structures of wings in birds, bats, etc. evolved from earlier toes or fingers.

  5. One of the slender bony structures before the pectoral fins of gurnards and sea robins (Triglidae).

  6. Something similar in shape to the human finger, particularly

  7. Something similar in shape to the human finger

    Finger-shaped pieces of food.

    chocolate fingers; fish fingers; cheese fingers

  8. A tube extending from a sealed system, or sometimes into one in the case of a cold finger.

  9. Something similarly extending, (especially) from a larger body, particularly

    a finger of land; a finger of smoke

  10. Something similarly extending, (especially) from a larger body

    Various protruding plant structures, as a banana from its hand.

  11. (historical)The teeth parallel to the blade of a scythe, fitted to a wooden frame called a crade.

  12. The projections of a reaper or mower which similarly separate the stalks for cutting.

Examples

1073 sentences
  1. She pointed her finger at him.

    Вона показала на нього пальцем. — f00dconsumer

    ruОна показала на него пальцем. — saiko

    deSie zeigte mit dem Finger auf ihn. — Esperantostern

  2. Tom pointed his finger at Mary.

    Том вказав пальцем на Мері. — rmdas

    ruФома указал пальцем на Машу. — Lenin_1917

    deTom zeigte mit dem Finger auf Maria. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. I cut my finger with a knife.

    Я порізав палець ножем. — Balamax

    ruЯ порезал палец ножом. — marafon

    deIch habe mir mit einem Messer in meinen Finger geschnitten. — Esperantostern

  4. Tom broke a glass and cut one of his fingers.

    Том розбив склянку і порізав палець. — deniko

  5. Tom put a finger to his lips.

    Том приклав палець до губ. — deniko

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
(anatomy) extremity of the hand:
Русский
By meaning 1
(anatomy) extremity of the hand:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
(anatomy) extremity of the hand:

Forms

plural: fingers
Singularfinger
Pluralfingers

regular

Synonyms

19 synonyms
skill with the fingers:touchA1fingering technique
British slang for person:boyA1blokeladguv
finger-shaped objects:tendril
Close in meaning
  • the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure:fingerbreadthfinger's breadthdigit

Word family

242 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • cut his finger
  • cut my finger
  • fingers crossed
  • cross your fingers
  • with his fingers
  • our fingers crossed
  • of his fingers
  • his fingers on
  • finger with a
  • keep our fingers
  • finger on the
  • on his finger

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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