glove

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noun

ˈgləv 

plural gloves

1

a

: a covering for the hand having separate sections for each of the fingers and the thumb and often extending part way up the arm

b

: gauntlet entry 1 sense 1

2

a(1)

: baseball glove

an outfielder's glove

(2)

: fielding ability

He's got a good glove at three positions and can pinch-hit.

—Casey Stengel

b

: boxing glove

3

a

: gauntlet entry 1 sense 3

b

gloves plural : the restraints of civility

the gloves came off for the interview

glove

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verb

gloved; gloving

transitive verb

1

a

: to cover with or as if with a glove

b

: to furnish with gloves

2

: to catch (something, such as a baseball) in one's gloved hand

Examples of glove in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Messi then pushed it up and launched an unstoppable left-footed arcing shot that skimmed the gloves of Algeria goalkeeper Luca (son of Zinedine) Zidane and into the top right corner. —Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 17 June 2026

Nationals third baseman Curtis Mead provided the lone early damage — a two-run single off the glove of Royals second baseman Nick Loftin — to put Washington on the scoreboard. —Kansas City Star, 16 June 2026

Verb

The funky bounce tripped up second baseman Brandon Lowe, who couldn’t adjust quickly enough to glove the ball that bounced over him, into shallow right field for a game-knotting single. —Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026

Set gloves out to air dry or place in the dryer on the lowest temperature. —Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 8 June 2026

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English, from Old English glōf; akin to Old Norse glōfi glove

First Known Use

Noun

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Phrases Containing glove

• baseball glove
• boxing glove
• glove box
• glove compartment
• glove leather
• glove puppet
• hand and glove
• hand in glove
• kid-glove
• oven glove
• white-glove

Rhymes for glove

• dove
• love
• of
• shove
• above
• foxglove
• hereof
• thereof
• whereof
• hereinabove

Kids Definition

glove

noun

ˈgləv

1

: a covering for the hand having separate sections for each finger

2

a

: a padded leather covering for the hand used in baseball

b

: boxing glove

gloved

ˈgləvd

adjective