finger

sustantivo

1. 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.

   [M]aking a Cut here big enough to put her Finger in, which ſhe thruſts under the Guts, and with it rakes or tears out the Stone that lies neareſt to it.

   Each finger extended represents one-eighth of a cent. Thus when all four fingers and the thumb are extended, all being spread out from one another, it means five-eighths.

   In 1993 [Victor Candia] noticed that the fingers of his left hand were starting to curl up as he played [on his guitar]. It felt to him as if a magnet in his palm were preventing him from opening them. A week later, he could not play at all.

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   Similar or similar-looking extremities in other animals, particularly

   The starfish eats with five fingers.

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   Similar or similar-looking extremities in other animals The lower, smaller segment of an arthropod claw.

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   Similar or similar-looking extremities in other animals One of the supporting structures of wings in birds, bats, etc. evolved from earlier toes or fingers.

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   Similar or similar-looking extremities in other animals One of the slender bony structures before the pectoral fins of gurnards and sea robins (Triglidae).

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   Something similar in shape to the human finger, particularly

   ...spires whose ‘silent finger points to Heaven’...

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   Something similar in shape to the human finger Finger-shaped pieces of food.

   chocolate fingers; fish fingers; cheese fingers

   By now, we hope you have said “no” to processed nuggets and fingers. Instead, how about taking some real chicken, tossing it with real eggs, a little tangy mustard, and a crunchy quinoa coating?

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   Something similar in shape to the human finger A tube extending from a sealed system, or sometimes into one in the case of a cold finger.

   An oven is placed over the finger with Co catalyst (oven temperature will depend on whether a quartz or Pyrex finger is used, see Ref. 24), and a cold finger (usually a copper rod immersed in dry ice–isopropanol slurry) is placed on the other tube.

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   obsoletoSomething similar in shape to the human finger Synonym of foxglove (D. purpurea).

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

    a finger of land; a finger of smoke

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    Something similarly extending, (especially) from a larger body Various protruding plant structures, as a banana from its hand.

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    obsoletoSomething similarly extending, (especially) from a larger body A lobe of the liver.

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    históricoSomething similarly extending, (especially) from a larger body The teeth parallel to the blade of a scythe, fitted to a wooden frame called a crade.

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    Something similarly extending, (especially) from a larger body The projections of a reaper or mower which similarly separate the stalks for cutting.

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    Something similarly extending, (especially) from a larger body Synonym of jet bridge: the narrow elevated walkway connecting a plane to an airport.

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    Something similarly extending, (especially) from a larger body A leaf in a finger tree data structure.

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    Something similar in function or agency to the human finger, (usually) with regard to touching, grasping, or pointing.

    The Magicians said vnto Pharaoh; This is the finger of God.

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    obsoletoSomething similar in function or agency to the human finger, (usually) with regard to touching, grasping, or pointing. Synonym of hand, the part of a clock pointing to the hour, minute, or second.

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    obsoletoSomething similar in function or agency to the human finger, (usually) with regard to touching, grasping, or pointing. A policeman or prison guard.

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    raroSomething similar in function or agency to the human finger, (usually) with regard to touching, grasping, or pointing. An informer to the police, (especially) one who identifies a criminal during a lineup.

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    raroSomething similar in function or agency to the human finger, (usually) with regard to touching, grasping, or pointing. A criminal who scouts for prospective victims and targets or who performs reconnaissance before a crime.

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    figuradoSomething similar in function or agency to the human finger, (usually) with regard to touching, grasping, or pointing. That which points; an indicator, as of guilt, blame, or suspicion.

    The finger of suspicion pointed clearly at the hotel manager.

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    históricoVarious units of measure based or notionally based on the adult human finger, particularly Synonym of digit: former units of measure notionally based on its width but variously standardized, (especially) the English digit of ¹⁄₁₆ foot (about 1.9 cm).

    a piece of steel three fingers thick

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    históricoVarious units of measure based or notionally based on the adult human finger, particularly A unit of length notionally based on the length of an adult human's middle finger, standardized as 4½ inches (11.43 cm).

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    históricoVarious units of measure based or notionally based on the adult human finger, particularly Synonym of digit: ¹⁄₁₂ the observed diameter of the sun or moon, (especially) with regard to eclipses.

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    Various units of measure based or notionally based on the adult human finger, particularly An informal measure of alcohol based on its height in a given glass compared to the width of the pourer's fingers while holding it.

    Gimme three fingers of bourbon.

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    A part of a glove intended to cover a finger.

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    informalSkill in the use of the fingers, as in playing upon a musical instrument.

    A performer capable of doing justice to rapid or expressive passages, is said to have a good finger

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    informalSomeone skilled in the use of their fingers, (especially) a pickpocket.

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    jergaA person.

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    An obscene or insulting gesture made by raising one's middle finger towards someone with the palm of one's hand facing inwards.

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    Any of the individual receivers used in a rake receiver to decode signal components.

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    An act of fingering (inserting a finger into someone's vagina or rectum for sexual pleasure).

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    Variante de finger pierSomething similarly extending, (especially) from a larger body Clipping of finger pier (“a shorter, narrower pier projecting from a larger dock”).

verbo

1. 1

   To identify or point out; to blame for something.

   This makes it quite difficult to finger specific gene variants, since any one variant contributes only tiny effects.

   I'm rose-tinting my teenage years, for sure, but Twenge isn't the only generational-change researcher to finger the ubiquitous smartphone for contributing to higher rates of teen depression and anxiety.

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   To report to or identify for the authorities; to inform on.

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   To poke, probe, feel, or fondle with a finger or fingers.

   Goe, get you gone: and let the papers lye: / You would be fingring them, to anger me.

   "They have done a foolish thing," said I, fingering my wineglass.

   Alladad Khan, left alone, dandled unhandily his child in unfatherly arms. He wanted to finger his moustache, but could not.

   Feeling tender around the face, she fingered herself gingerly. Yes, it was swollen, very sore around the cheekbones, with dried blood on the outsides of her eye sockets, below her nostrils, and below one ear.

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   To use the fingers to penetrate or sexually stimulate one's own or another person's vulva, vagina, or anus.

   She fingered him, spreading the gel and sliding the tip of her finger inside him.

   She smiled, a look of amazement on her face, as if thinking that maybe this was the cock that she had been fantasizing about just now, as she fingered herself to a massive, body-engulfing orgasm.

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   To use specified finger positions in producing notes on a musical instrument.

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   To provide instructions in written music as to which fingers are to be used to produce particular notes or passages.

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   To query (a user's status) using the Finger protocol.

   There is also a hot-link to "finger" the guys at id to see what they're working on next (John Carmack, John Cash […]

   PGP mail welcome (finger me for my key).

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   obsoletoTo steal; to purloin.

   in the dark / Grop'd I to finde out them; had my desire, / Finger'd their Packet, and in fine, withdrew / To mine owne roome againe,

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   obsoletoTo execute, as any delicate work.

Formas

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