WordNet Search - 3.1
-
WordNet home page
-
Glossary
-
Help
Word to search for:
Display Options:
(Select option to change)
Hide Example Sentences
Hide Glosses
Show Frequency Counts
Show Database Locations
Show Lexical File Info
Show Lexical File Numbers
Show Sense Keys
Show Sense Numbers
Show all
Hide all
Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"
Noun
S:
(n)
finger
(any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb))
"her fingers were long and thin"
S:
(n)
finger
,
fingerbreadth
,
finger's breadth
,
digit
(the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure)
S:
(n)
finger
(one of the parts of a glove that provides covering for a finger or thumb)
Verb
S:
(v)
finger
,
thumb
(feel or handle with the fingers)
"finger the binding of the book"
S:
(v)
feel
,
finger
(examine by touch)
"Feel this soft cloth!"; "The customer fingered the sweater"
S:
(v)
finger
(search for on the computer)
"I fingered my boss and found that he is not logged on in the afternoons"
S:
(v)
finger
(indicate the fingering for the playing of musical scores for keyboard instruments)