glove

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a term for a latex condom

   Safe sex is very important, you should always bring a glove with you on a date.

2. 2
   noun

   An item of clothing, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but usually allowing independent movement of the fingers.

   I wore gloves to keep my hands warm.

3. 3
   noun

   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.

4. 4
   noun

   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

5. 5
   verb

   To catch the ball in a baseball mitt.

   He gloved the line drive for the third out.

6. 6
   verb

   To put a glove or gloves on.

   Maxwell gloved his hand so that he wouldn't leave fingerprints, then pulled the trigger.

7. 7
   noun

   the handwear used by fielders in playing baseball

8. 8
   noun

   boxing equipment consisting of big and padded coverings for the fists of the fighters

Etymology

From Middle English glove, glofe, from Old English glōf, *glōfe, *glōfa, ("glove"; weak forms attested only in plural form glōfan (“gloves”)), from Proto-Germanic *galōfô (“glove”), from Proto-Germanic *ga- (“collective and associative prefix”) + Proto-Germanic *lōfô (“flat of the hand, palm”), from Proto-Indo-European *lāp-, *lēp-, *lep- (“flat”). Cognate with Scots gluve, gluive (“glove”), Icelandic glófi (“glove”). Related to Middle English lofe, lufe (“palm of the hand”). More at loof.