- a piece of clothing for the hand, made of wool, leather, etc. with separate parts for each finger and the thumb
- a pair of gloves
- rubber/latex gloves
- gardening/boxing gloves
- The burglar must have been wearing gloves.
- She peeled off her glove to reveal a wedding ring.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- long
- fingerless
- protective
- …
- pair
- pull on
- peel off
- pull off
- …
- box
- compartment
Word OriginOld English glōf, of Germanic origin.Definitions on the go
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Idioms
See glove in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryfit (somebody) like a glove
- to be the perfect size or shape for somebody
- The dress fits me like a glove.
the gloves are off
- used to say that somebody is ready for a fight or an argumentTopics Opinion and argumentc2
hand in glove (with somebody)
- working closely with somebody, especially in a secret and/or illegal way
handle/treat, etc. somebody with kid gloves
- to deal with somebody in a very careful way so that you do not offend or upset them
- Treat her with kid gloves—she's very sensitive.
an iron fist/hand (in a velvet glove)
- if you use the words an iron fist/hand when describing the way that somebody behaves, you mean that they treat people severely. This treatment may be hidden behind a kind appearance (the velvet glove).
- They promised that the army would strike with an iron fist at any resistance.
- The iron hand in the velvet glove approach seems to work best with this age group.
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