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Definition of Finger

1. Noun. Any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb). "Her fingers were long and thin"

2. Verb. Feel or handle with the fingers. "Finger the binding of the book"

3. Noun. The length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure.

4. Verb. Examine by touch. "The customer fingered the sweater"

5. Noun. One of the parts of a glove that provides covering for a finger or thumb.

6. Verb. Search for on the computer. "I fingered my boss and found that he is not logged on in the afternoons"

7. Verb. Indicate the fingering for the playing of musical scores for keyboard instruments.

Definition of Finger

1. n. One of the five terminating members of the hand; a digit; esp., one of the four extremities of the hand, other than the thumb.

2. v. t. To touch with the fingers; to handle; to meddle with.

3. v. i. To use the fingers in playing on an instrument.

Definition of Finger

1. Noun. (anatomy) One of the long extremities of the hand, sometimes excluding the thumb. ¹

2. Noun. A piece of food resembling such an extremity. ¹

3. Noun. (also finger pier) A walkway extending from a dock, an airport terminal, etc, used by passengers to board a waiting ship or aeroplane. ¹

4. Noun. An amount of liquid, usually alcohol, in a glass, with the depth of a finger's length. ¹

5. Verb. (transitive) To identify or point out. Ex.: '''put the finger on''' To report to or identify for the authorities, rat on, rat out, squeal on, tattle on, turn in, to finger. ¹

6. Verb. (transitive) To poke or probe with a finger. ¹

7. Verb. (transitive) To use the fingers to penetrate and sexually stimulate one's own or another person's vagina or anus. ¹

8. Verb. (transitive music) To use specified finger positions in producing notes on a musical instrument. ¹

9. Verb. (transitive music) To provide instructions in written music as to which fingers are to be used to produce particular notes or passages. ¹

10. Verb. (transitive computing) To query (a user's status) using the (w Finger protocol). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Finger

1. to touch with the fingers (the terminating members of the hand) [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Finger

1. 1. One of the five terminating members of the hand; a digit; especially, one of the four extermities of the hand, other than the thumb. 2. Anything that does work of a finger; as, the pointer of a clock, watch, or other registering machine; especially a small projecting rod, wire, or piece, which is brought into contact with an object to effect, direct, or restrain a motion. 3. The breadth of a finger, or the fourth part of the hand; a measure of nearly an inch; also, the length of finger, a measure in domestic use in the United States, of about four and a half inches or one eighth of a yard. "A piece of steel three fingers thick." (Bp. Wilkins) 4. Skill in the use of the fingers, as in playing upon a musical instrument. "She has a good finger." (Busby) Ear finger, the little finger. Finger alphabet. See Dactylology. Finger bar, the horizontal bar, carrying slotted spikes, or fingers, through which the vibratory knives of mowing and reaping machines play. Finger board, the part of a stringed instrument against which the fingers press the strings to vary the tone; the keyboard of a piano, organ, etc.; manual. Finger bowl or glass, a bowl or glass to hold water for rinsing the fingers at table. Finger flower, a sponge having finger-shaped lobes, or branches. Finger stall, a cover or shield for a finger. Finger steel, a steel instrument for whetting a currier's knife. To burn one's fingers. See Burn. To have a finger in, to be concerned in. To have at one's fingers' ends, to be thoroughly familiar with. Origin: AS. Finger; akin to D. Vinger, OS. & OHG. Fingar, G. Finger, Icel. Fingr, Sw. & Dan. Finger, Goth. Figgrs; of unknown origin; perh. Akin to E. Fang. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Finger

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finfolk finfoot finfoots fingan fingans finger's breadth finger-flower finger-fumbler finger-fumblers finger-lickin' good

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Literary usage of Finger

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1897)
"When the middle finger and little finger of the hand are brought down by the flexor muscles, and their balls are held down firmly against the keys of a ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1888)
"By the locking of the lever which works the arm, the finger beam can be set at any desired ... The movement of the finger beam in each direction ispositive. ..."

3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1899)
"Hammer finger is the only other affection with which it could be classed. Several instances of what may be termed an acquired form of hammer finger that I ..."

4. The Lancet (1898)
"When the probe has passed its supposed courte the surgeon should then introduce his finger and thus determine the point he wished to elucidate. ..."

5. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"finger, GODFREY OR GOTTFRIED (Jl. ... For some time finger was no doubt a member of the king'« ..."

6. Man by Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (1903)
"Pick up the palmar string in the centre with the right thumb and finger, ... (The dorsal aspect of the left hand is a loop on the little finger, ..."

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