Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having a finger or fingers, especially of a specific number, kind, or appearance. Often used in combination.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having fingers: commonly in composition with a qualifying term: as, five-fingered.
- In zoology and botany, same as
digitate . - In music: Played by the individual fingers, as a stringed, keyed, or holed instrument.
- Produced by the use of the fingers or by the choice of a particular fingering, as atone or a passage.
- Having the intended fingering marked: as, a piece fingered throughout.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having fingers.
- adjective (Bot.) Having leaflets like fingers; digitate.
- adjective (Mus.) Marked with figures designating which finger should be used for each note.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
finger .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having or resembling a finger or fingers; often used in combination
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Examples
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The Captain fingered his heavy moustache to hide a smile, but he listened patiently to Sarah's complaints.
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Malaka fingered the jewelry, then tossed it back onto the counter as if it were junk.
Romiette and Julio Sharon M. Draper 1999
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Malaka fingered the jewelry, then tossed it back onto the counter as if it were junk.
Romiette and Julio Sharon M. Draper 1999
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Malaka fingered the jewelry, then tossed it back onto the counter as if it were junk.
Romiette and Julio Sharon M. Draper 1999
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"Clearwire's attempt does touch base with something that many a hack has fingered, that is, the low storage capacity on Apple's Idevice, which forces users to rely on WiFi and 3G connections for streaming data to the Ithingie."
The Inquirer 2010
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"Clearwire's attempt does touch base with something that many a hack has fingered, that is, the low storage capacity on Apple's Idevice, which forces users to rely on WiFi and 3G connections for streaming data to the Ithingie."
The Inquirer 2010
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"Clearwire's attempt does touch base with something that many a hack has fingered, that is, the low storage capacity on Apple's Idevice, which forces users to rely on WiFi and 3G connections for streaming data to the Ithingie."
The Inquirer 2010
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Clearwire's attempt does touch base with something that many a hack has fingered, that is, the low storage capacity on Apple's Idevice, which forces users to rely on WiFi and 3G connections for streaming data to the Ithingie.
The Inquirer 2010
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Clearwire's attempt does touch base with something that many a hack has fingered, that is, the low storage capacity on Apple's Idevice, which forces users to rely on WiFi and 3G connections for streaming data to the Ithingie.
The Inquirer 2010
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Township manager Jerry Andree called fingered cul-de-sacs, the quintessential hallmark of suburban living, the "biggest gobbler of resources."
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