glove

Meanings

Plural: gloves

Noun

the handwear used by fielders in playing baseball
handwear: covers the hand and wrist
boxing equipment consisting of big and padded coverings for the fists of the fighters; worn for the sport of boxing
An item of clothing, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but usually allowing independent movement of the fingers.
A baseball mitt.
The ability to catch a hit ball.
A condom.
A challenge from one to another.

Verb

To catch the ball in a baseball mitt.
To put a glove or gloves on.
To touch (a delivery) with one's glove while the gloved hand is on the bat. Under the rules of cricket, the batsman is deemed to have hit the ball.

Origin / 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.

Synonyms

baseball glove, baseball mitt, boxing glove, gauntlet, handglove, handshoe, mitt

Scrabble Score: 9

glove is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
glove is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
glove is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

glove is a valid Words With Friends word