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ENGLISH: finger - CREOLE: dwèt

Overview of noun finger

The noun finger has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (54) finger -- (any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb); "her fingers were long and thin")

2. finger, fingerbreadth, finger's breadth, digit -- (the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure)

3. finger -- (one of the parts of a glove that provides covering for a finger or thumb)

Overview of verb finger

The verb finger has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)

1. (1) finger, thumb -- (feel or handle with the fingers; "finger the binding of the book")

2. (1) feel, finger -- (examine by touch; "Feel this soft cloth!"; "The customer fingered the sweater")

3. finger -- (search for on the computer; "I fingered my boss and found that he is not logged on in the afternoons")

4. finger -- (indicate the fingering for the playing of musical scores for keyboard instruments)