palm
To hold or conceal something in the palm of the hand, e.g., for an act of sleight of…To hold or conceal something in the palm of the hand, e.g., for an act of sleight of hand or to steal something.
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» I am interested in palm reading.
Ich interessiere mich fürs Handlesen. — Naina
Ich interessiere mich für das Handlesen. — Naina
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
5 sensesTo hold or conceal something in the palm of the hand, e.g., for an act of sleight of hand or to steal something.
To hold something without bending the fingers significantly.
John palmed the ball.
To move something with the palm of the hand.
(intransitive, transitive)To use one's palm as identification to get through a door or security checkpoint.
I palmed in to work.
She palmed the door as she talked to the security guard.
(UK, obsolete, slang, transitive)To bribe.
- touch, lift, or hold with the hands
Examples
227 sentencesI am interested in palm reading.
deIch interessiere mich fürs Handlesen. — Naina
Did you see the palm trees?
Tom held out his hand, palm up.
ruТом вытянул руку ладонью вверх. — Ooneykcall
I saw three palm trees near the beach.
I had Tom in the palm of my hand.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From Middle English palme, paume, from Old French palme, paulme, paume (“palm of the hand,From Middle English palme, paume, from Old French palme, paulme, paume (“palm of the hand, ball, tennis”), from Latin palma (“palm of the hand, hand-breadth”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂(e)meh₂ (“palm of the hand”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat”). Doublet of palmo, palma, and pam. Cognate with Ancient Greek παλάμη (palámē, “palm of the hand”), Old English folm (“palm of the hand”), Old Irish lám (“hand”).
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Forms
palms, palming, palmed, palmedPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
1 synonyms- touch, lift, or hold with the hands:handle
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary 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.