noun
- Any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb. )
- usage: "her fingers were long and thin"
- The length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure.
- synonyms: fingerbreadth, finger's breadth, digit
- One of the parts of a glove that provides covering for a finger or thumb.
verb
- Feel or handle with the fingers.
- usage: "finger the binding of the book"
- synonyms: thumb
- Examine by touch.
- usage: "Feel this soft cloth"; "The customer fingered the sweater"
- synonyms: feel
- Search for on the computer.
- usage: "I fingered my boss and found that he is not logged on in the afternoons"
- Indicate the fingering for the playing of musical scores for keyboard instruments. .
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