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fin·ger
(fĭng'gər) 
n.
v., -gered, -ger·ing, -gers. v.tr.
fingerless fin'ger·less adj.
n.
- One of the five digits of the hand, especially one other than the thumb.
- The part of a glove designed to cover a finger.
- Something, such as an oblong peninsula, that resembles one of the digits of the hand.
- The length or width of a finger.
- A degree of participation; a share: "seems almost sure to have a finger or two in crafting the final blueprint" (George B. Merry).
- An obscene gesture of defiance or derision made by pointing or jabbing the middle finger upward. Often used with the.
v., -gered, -ger·ing, -gers. v.tr.
- To touch with the fingers; handle. See synonyms at touch.
- Music.
- To mark (a score) with indications of which fingers are to play the notes.
- To play (an instrument) by using the fingers in a particular order or way.
- Slang.
- To inform on.
- To designate, especially as an intended victim.
- To handle something with the fingers.
- Music. To use the fingers in playing an instrument.
have (or keep) (one's) fingers crossed
- To hope for a successful or advantageous outcome.
- To locate; find: We haven't been able to lay a finger on those photos.
- To remember; recall: I know his name; I just can't put my finger on it.
- To dominate utterly and effortlessly.
[Middle English, from Old English.]
fingerer fin'ger·er n.fingerless fin'ger·less adj.
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A Unix command widely used on the Internet to find out information about a particular user, such as telephone number, whether currently logged on or the last time logged on. The person being "fingered" must have placed his or her profile on the system. Profiles can be very elaborate either as a method of social introduction or to state particular job responsibilities. Fingering requires entering the full user@domain address.
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finger
verb
- To bring the hands or fingers, for example, into contact with so as to give or receive a physical sensation: feel, handle, palpate, touch. See touch/not touch.
- To establish the identification of: identify, pinpoint, place, recognize. Idioms: put one's finger on. See knowledge/ignorance.
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Idioms beginning with finger:
fingertips
finger in the pie, have a
In addition to the idiom beginning with finger, also see at one's fingertips; burn one's fingers; cross one's fingers; give someone the finger; lay a finger on; let slip (through the fingers); not lift a finger; point the finger at; put one's finger on; put the finger on; snap one's fingers at; sticky fingers; twist around one's finger; work one's fingers to the bone.
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finger
v
Definition: choose, designate
Antonyms: ignore, pass over
v
Definition: touch lightly
Antonyms: manhandle
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[WAITS, via BSD Unix]
1. n. A program that displays information about a particular user or all users logged on the system, or a remote system. Typically shows full name, last login time, idle time, terminal line, and terminal location (where applicable). May also display a plan file left by the user (see also Hacking X for Y).
2. vt. To apply finger to a username.
3. vt. By extension, to check a human's current state by any means. “Foodp?” “T!” “OK, finger Lisa and see if she's idle.”
4. Any picture (composed of ASCII characters) depicting ‘the finger’, see See figure 1. Originally a humorous component of one's plan file to deter the curious fingerer (sense 2), it has entered the arsenal of some flamers.
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Traditionally, different fingers had different attributes and uses. The forefinger was considered ‘poisonous’ and therefore should never be used for applying ointment to a cut or bruise; in contrast, the ring finger, especially that of the left hand, was known in the 15th century as ‘leche man’, i.e. ‘doctor’, since doctors always used it to stir, taste, and apply their medicines. These ideas were still remembered in 19th-century Somerset: ‘The ring-finger, stroked along any sore or wound, will soon heal it. All the other fingers are poisonous, especially the forefinger’ (N&Q 1s:7 (1853), 152). Another old idea, still current, is that a vein runs straight from this finger to the heart, and that is why engagement and wedding rings are worn there.
The little finger. rarely functioning alone for practical purposes, is used in a playful ritual: when two people say the same thing simultaneously, they link little fingers and make a wish. Among children in the 1950s, when two have had an argument they would link little fingers and shake their hands up and down, chanting:
Make up, make up, never do it again,
If you do, you'll get the cane.
Another children's custom, of the 19th century, was for boys to pinch the little finger of girls, and vice versa; if they screamed, it meant they couldn't keep a secret—and as boys pinched harder than girls, it followed that girls couldn't keep secrets (N&Q 5s:6 (1876), 108, 214, 337-8).
Finger gestures currently in use include crossing fingers for luck or to avert bad luck; thumbing one's nose (also called cocking a snook or ‘five finger salute’) as mockery, usually among children; thumbs up for approval, or to indicate that all is well; the defiant, sexually insulting V-sign (‘two-finger salute’); the more strongly obscene raising of the middle finger, of American origin. Two gestures known in Elizabethan England were ‘the fig’, in which the thumb is thrust between clenched fingers as a sexual insult, and ‘the horns’, made by extending the forefinger and little finger while clenching the rest, as a taunt to a cuckold. Nobody now uses them here, but little pendants showing hands in these positions can be bought as lucky charms, because in parts of Europe the ‘fig’ and ‘horns’ gestures are used not only as insults but to avert the evil eye and bad luck.
See also FINGERNAILS, HAND, THUMBS.Opie and Tatem, 1989:149.
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finger
IN BRIEF: One of the five digits of the hand, especially one other than the thumb.
His fingers felt numb after throwing snowballs without wearing gloves.
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finger
sign description: One index finger points to the other index finger.
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Finger
Fingers and thumbs have a rich symbolic association because of the wide variety of meanings in various hand gestures. Thus, we may do everything from thumb a ride, to point an accusatory finger at someone, to point the way. Fingers have other connotations because of certain symbolic rings (e.g., marriage rings) and certain verbal expressions (e.g., "fingering" a guilty person). In Freudian psychology, fingers can be a phallic symbol. The particulars of the gesture in the dream should indicate the meaning.
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A roofed structure, with or without sidewalls, extending from the main terminal building or its concourse to the aircraft loading positions. Fingers are protrusions from the terminal building that extend into the apron area. A finger can be a fenced-open walkway or a completely closed structure one or two stories in height. It can be straight, Y-shaped, or T-shaped.
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noun
noun, orig US
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a: A police informer. (1914 —) .
b: One who supplies information or indicates victims to criminals. Also fingerman. (1926 —) .
E. Mcgirr He was right to concentrate on Fall. There could have been the fingerman watching him (1968).
2: A pickpocket. (1925 —) .
K. Hopkins He's a finger, works in Fulham mostly. Small profits, quick returns (1960).
3: to put the finger on To inform against, to denounce to the police; to identify (a victim) to an assassin. (1926 —) .
Daily Telegraph I have not heard of anyone who wants to put the finger on me (1971).
4: to pull (or get, take) one's finger out to get a move on, get cracking. (1941 —) .
Times (Duke of Edinburgh) I think it is about time we pulled our fingers out (1961).
5: to give (someone) the fingerorig US To make an obscene gesture with the middle finger raised as a sign of contempt; also fig , to show contempt for, betray. (1941 —) .
J. Mills Wayne drove past us slowly, grinning and giving us the finger. We waved back and gave him the finger but it was all very cheerful (1978).verb trans .
6:US To put the finger on (sense 3 above). (1930 —) .
H. Roth She...couldn't finger them for any crime (1954).
noun, orig US
1:
a: A police informer. (1914 —) .
b: One who supplies information or indicates victims to criminals. Also fingerman. (1926 —) .
E. Mcgirr He was right to concentrate on Fall. There could have been the fingerman watching him (1968).
2: A pickpocket. (1925 —) .
K. Hopkins He's a finger, works in Fulham mostly. Small profits, quick returns (1960).
3: to put the finger on To inform against, to denounce to the police; to identify (a victim) to an assassin. (1926 —) .
Daily Telegraph I have not heard of anyone who wants to put the finger on me (1971).
4: to pull (or get, take) one's finger out to get a move on, get cracking. (1941 —) .
Times (Duke of Edinburgh) I think it is about time we pulled our fingers out (1961).
5: to give (someone) the finger
J. Mills Wayne drove past us slowly, grinning and giving us the finger. We waved back and gave him the finger but it was all very cheerful (1978).
6:
H. Roth She...couldn't finger them for any crime (1954).
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categories related to 'finger'
- Limbs and Extremities - finger: any of five terminating digits of upper forelimb: thumb, index finger, middle finger, ring finger, little finger
- Drinking Terms - finger: measure indicating drink filled to width of one finger
- Police Procedures and Detection - finger: (vb) Slang. identify someone as a suspect; inform on someone
- Legal Procedures and Trials - finger: (vb) Slang. identify to authorities as having committed a crime
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Finger
For other uses, see Finger (disambiguation).
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A finger is a limb of the human body and a type of digit, an organ of manipulation and sensation found in the hands of humans and other primates.[1][2] Normally humans have five digits, termed phalanges,[2] on each hand (exceptions are polydactyly, oligodactyly and digit loss). The first digit is the thumb, followed by index finger, middle finger, ring finger, and little finger or pinky. Some other languages use the same generic term for all five digits of a hand.
English dictionaries describe finger as meaning either one of the five digits including the thumb, or one of the four excluding the thumb (in which case they are numbered from 1 to 4 starting with the index finger closest to the thumb).[1][2][3] Linguistically, it appears that the original sense was to include the thumb as a finger: the word is derived from *penkwe-ros[citation needed] (also rendered as *penqrós[citation needed]) which was, in the inferred Proto-Indo-European language, a suffixed form of *penkwe (or *penqe), "five", which has[citation needed] given rise to many Indo-European-family words (tens of them defined in English dictionaries) that involve or flow from concepts of fiveness.
Chimpanzees have lower limbs that are specialized for manipulation, and (arguably) have fingers on their lower limbs as well. The term 'finger' is not applied to the digits of most other animals, such as canines, felines, or ungulates, none of which can engage in fine manipulation with their forelimbs as a primate can.
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Further information: Hand#Muscles and tendons
Each finger may flex and extend, abduct and adduct, and so also circumduct. Flexion is by far the strongest movement. In humans, there are two large muscles that produce flexion of each finger, and additional muscles that augment the movement. Each finger may move independently of the others, though the muscle bulks that move each finger may be partly blended, and the tendons may be attached to each other by a net of fibrous tissue, preventing completely free movement. This is particularly noticeable when trying to extend the third digit (middle finger) with the others flexed.
Fingers are usually moved under conscious control. In humans, they are used for grasping, typing, grooming, writing, caressing, and many other activities. They are also used in signaling, as when wearing a wedding ring, finger counting or when communicating in sign language.
Aside from the genitals, the fingertips possess the highest concentration of touch receptors and thermoreceptors among all areas of the human skin, making them extremely sensitive to temperature, pressure, vibration, texture, and moisture. Thus fingers are commonly used as sensory probes to ascertain properties of objects encountered in the world, and so they are prone to injury.
Fingers do not contain muscles other than arrector pili muscles. The muscles that move the finger joints are in the palm and forearm. The long tendons that deliver motion from the forearm muscles may be observed to move under the skin at the wrist and on the back of the hand.
Fingers
Each of the fingers has unique cultural and functional significance. From the thumb on the radial side to the ulnar side of the hand, the fingers are in this order:
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Anatomy
The 5 digits are attached to the forearm by a joint called the wrist (carpus).[4][5]
The thumb (connected to the trapezium) is located on one of the sides, parallel to the arm.
The palm has five bones known as metacarpal bones, one to each of the 5 digits. Human hands contain fourteen digital bones, also called phalanges, or phalanx bones: two in the thumb (the thumb has no middle phalanx) and three in each of the four fingers. These are the distal phalanx, carrying the nail, the middle phalanx, and the proximal phalanx.
Sesamoid bones are small ossified nodes embedded in the tendons to provide extra leverage and reduce pressure on the underlying tissue. Many exist around the palm at the bases of the digits; the exact number varies between different people.
The articulations are: interphalangeal articulations between phalangeal bones, and metacarpophalangeal joints connecting the phalanges to the metacarpal bones.
The pulp of a finger is the fleshy mass on the palmar aspect of the extremity of the finger.[6]
Muscles
Muscles of the fingers can be subdivided into two groups: the extrinsic and intrinsic muscle groups. The extrinsic muscle groups are the long flexors and extensors. They are called extrinsic because the muscle belly is located on the forearm.
The intrinsic muscle groups are the thenar and hypothenar muscles (thenar referring to the thumb, hypothenar to the small finger), the interossei muscles (between the metacarpal bones, four dorsally and three volarly) and the lumbrical muscles. These muscles arise from the deep flexor (and are special because they have no bony origin) and insert on the dorsal extensor hood mechanism. The intrinsic muscles of hand can be remembered using the mnemonic, "A OF A OF A" for, Abductor pollicis brevis, Opponens pollicis, Flexor pollicis brevis, Adductor pollicis (thenar muscles) and Opponens digiti minimi, Flexor digiti minimi brevis, Abductor digiti minimi (hypothenar muscles).[7]
The fingers have two long flexors, located on the underside of the forearm. They insert by tendons to the phalanges of the fingers. The deep flexor attaches to the distal phalanx, and the superficial flexor attaches to the middle phalanx. The flexors allow for the actual bending of the fingers. The thumb has one long flexor and a short flexor in the thenar muscle group. The human thumb also has other muscles in the thenar group (opponens and abductor brevis muscle), moving the thumb in opposition, making grasping possible.
The extensors are located on the back of the forearm and are connected in a more complex way than the flexors to the dorsum of the fingers. The tendons unite with the interosseous and lumbrical muscles to form the extensorhood mechanism. The primary function of the extensors is to straighten out the digits. The thumb has two extensors in the forearm; the tendons of these form the anatomical snuff box. Also, the index finger and the little finger have an extra extensor, used for instance for pointing. The extensors are situated within 6 separate compartments. The 1st compartment contains abductor pollicis longus and extensor pollicis brevis. The 2nd compartment contains extensors carpi radialis longus and brevis. The 3rd compartment contains extensor pollicis longus. The extensor digitorum indicis and extensor digititorum communis are within the 4th compartment. Extensor digiti minimi is in the fifth, and extensor carpi ulnaris is in the 6th.
Anomalies and diseases
A rare anatomical variation affects 1 in 500 humans,[8] in which the individual has more than the usual number of digits; this is known as polydactyly. A human may also be born without one or more fingers or underdevelopment of some fingers such as symbrachydactyly. Extra fingers can be functional. One individual with seven fingers not only used them but claimed that they “gave him some advantages in playing the piano.”[9]
Phalanges are commonly fractured. A damaged tendon can cause significant loss of function in fine motor control, such as with a mallet finger.
Finger locking is the act of locking the middle joint of a finger in place, and bending the very last joint independently from the others. Many people have the ability to do this in only one hand or even in both, depending on how the muscles are formed in the hand. Finger locking may cause pain.[citation needed]
The fingers are commonly affected by diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and gout. Diabetics often use the fingers to obtain blood samples for regular blood sugar testing. Raynaud's phenomenon is a neurovascular disorder that affects the fingers.
Research has linked the ratio of lengths between the index and ring fingers to higher levels of testosterone, and to various physical and behavioral traits such as penis length[10] and risk for development of alcohol dependence.[11]
Brain representation
Each finger has an orderly somatotopic representation on the cerebral cortex in the somatosensory cortex area 3b,[12] part of area 1[13] and a distributed, overlapping representations in the supplementary motor area and primary motor area.[14]
The somatosensory cortex representation of the hand is a dynamic reflection of the fingers on the external hand: in syndactyly people have a clubhand of webbed, shortened fingers. However, not only are the fingers of their hands fused, but the cortical maps of their individual fingers also form a club hand. The fingers can be surgically divided to make a more useful hand. Surgeons did this at the Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery in New York to a 32-year-old man with the initials O. G.. They touched O. G.’s fingers before and after surgery while using MRI brain scans. Before the surgery, the fingers mapped onto his brain were fused close together; afterward, the maps of his individual fingers did indeed separate and take the layout corresponding to a normal hand.[15]
See also
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- Digit ratio (relative finger lengths)
- Fingerprint
- Hand Palm
- Home row (of keyboards)
- Knuckle
- Nail (anatomy)
- Toe
- Finger snapping
- Polydactyly
Notes
- ^ a b Chambers 1998 page 603
- ^ a b c Oxford Illustrated pages 311,380
- ^ Oxford Advanced page 326
- ^ "Nature Bulletin No. 611". Division of Educational Programs, Argonne National Laboratory. 1960-10-01. http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/natbltn/600-699/nb611.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-24.
- ^ "hand". Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. 3rd ed. 2001.
- ^ medilexicon.com > Medical Dictionary - 'Pulp Of Finger' Citing: Stedman's Medical Dictionary. 2006
- ^ "Medical mnemonics". LifeHugger. http://mc.lifehugger.com/moc/386/intrinsic-muscles-hand. Retrieved 2009-12-19.
- ^ Greene, Alan (May 19, 1997). "Polydactylism". drgreene.com. http://www.drgreene.com/21_182.html. Retrieved 2008-06-26.
- ^ Dwight T. (1892). Fusion of hands. Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History, 4, 473-486.
- ^ Researchers Find Association Between Penile Length and Ratio of Length of Men's Fingers
- ^ Kornhuber J, Erhard G, Lenz B, Kraus T, Sperling W, Bayerlein K, Biermann T, Stoessel C (2011): Low digit ratio 2D:4D in alcohol dependent patients. PLoS ONE, Vol. 6, Nr. 4, e19332.
- ^ van Westen D, Fransson P, Olsrud J, Rosén B, Lundborg G, Larsson EM. (2004). Fingersomatotopy in area 3b: an fMRI-study. BMC Neurosci. 5:28. doi:10.1186/1471-2202-5-28 PMID 15320953
- ^ Nelson AJ, Chen R. (2008). Digit somatotopy within cortical areas of the postcentral gyrus in humans. Cereb Cortex. 18(10):2341-51. doi:10.1093/cercor/bhm257 PMID 18245039
- ^ Kleinschmidt A, Nitschke MF, Frahm J. (1997). Somatotopy in the human motor cortex hand area. A high-resolution functional MRI study. Eur J Neurosci. 9(10):2178-86. PMID 9421177
- ^ Mogilner A, Grossman JA, Ribary U, Joliot M, Volkmann J, Rapaport D, Beasley RW, Llinás RR. (1993). Somatosensory cortical plasticity in adult humans revealed by magnetoencephalography. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 90(8):3593-7. doi:10.1073/pnas.90.8.3593 PMID 8386377
References
- The Chambers Dictionary. Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd. 2000 [1998]. ISBN [[Special:BookSources/0-550-14005-X|0-550-14005-X]].
- The Oxford Illustrated Dictionary. Great Britain: Oxford University Press. 1976 [1975].
- Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English. London: Oxford University Press. 1974 [1974]. ISBN 0-19-431102-3.
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Finger
Dansk (Danish)
n. - finger, pegefinger, fingerbredde, urviser
v. tr. - røre ved, fingerere ved, udpege, stjæle, forsyne med angivelse af fingersætning
v. intr. - røre, spille på med fingrene
idioms:
- a finger in every pie have en finger med i spillet
- finger bowl skylleskål
- finger on the pulse fingeren på pulsen, føling med
- get one's finger out få fingeren ud, komme i gang
- keep one's fingers crossed krydse fingre
- lay a finger on røre
- lift a finger røre en finger
- pull one's finger out få fingeren ud
- put one's finger on sætte fingeren på
- raise one's finger løfte pegefingeren
- slip through one's fingers slippe fra en
- work one's fingers to the bone knokle, slide og slæbe
Nederlands (Dutch)
betasten, bespelen met de vingers (instrument), identificeren, vingerzetting markeren (muziek), seksueel stimuleren met vinger, vingervormig worden, om laten kopen, bepaalde vingerzetting hebben (instrument), vinger, obsceen gebaar, vingerbreedte, landtong
Français (French)
n. - (Anat) doigt, doigt (de gant), bande (de terre), volute (brume), doigt (de whisky)
v. tr. - toucher, tripoter (des fruits), toucher (un tissu)
v. intr. - toucher, tripoter
idioms:
- finger bowl rince-doigts
- finger on the pulse prendre le pouls, (fig) se tenir à la page
- get one's finger out se grouiller
- have a finger in every pie (Fin) avoir des intérêts dans une affaire
- keep one's fingers crossed croiser les doigts pour (qn)
- lay a finger on toucher (qn), frapper (qn)
- lift a finger (ne pas) lever le petit doigt
- pull one's finger out se grouiller
- put one's finger on mettre/poser son doigt sur
- raise one's finger lever son doigt, (ne pas) lever le petit doigt
- slip through one's fingers glisser entre ses doigts
- work one's fingers to the bone travailler dur
Deutsch (German)
n. - Finger
v. - berühren, herumfingern
idioms:
- finger bowl Fingerschale
- finger on the pulse Hand am Puls
- get one's finger out eine Sache richtig anpacken
- have a finger in every pie die Finger überall drin haben
- keep one's fingers crossed den Daumen halten
- lay a finger on jmdn. anfassen, jmdm. ein Härchen krümmen
- lift a finger den Finger rühren
- pull one's finger out eine Sache richtig anpacken
- put one's finger on etwas genau treffen
- raise one's finger den Finger strecken
- slip through one's fingers sich entgehen lassen
- work one's fingers to the bone sich abschuften, schuften
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - δάκτυλος, δάχτυλο, (μτφ.) επέμβαση, παρέμβαση
v. - ψαύω, ψηλαφώ, πασπατεύω, πιάνω, καταδίδω, καρφώνω
idioms:
- a finger in every pie ανακατεμένος παντού, με το δαχτυλάκι μου χωμένο παντού
- finger bowl επιτραπέζιο μπολ νιψίματος δακτύλων
- finger on the pulse κρατά το σφυγμό
- get one's finger out δραστηριοποιούμαι
- keep one's fingers crossed κάνω το σταυρό μου (να)
- lay a finger on απλώνω χέρι σε
- lift a finger κάνω κάποια προσπάθεια
- pull one's finger out δραστηριοποιούμαι
- put one's finger on εντοπίζω, επισημαίνω
- raise one's finger κάνω νόημα, κουνώ το δαχτυλάκι μου
- slip through one's fingers μου γλιστράει μέσα από τα δάχτυλα
- work one's fingers to the bone σκοτώνομαι στη δουλειά
Italiano (Italian)
tastare, palpare, additare, dito
idioms:
- a finger in every pie le mani in pasta
- get one's finger out mettersi in moto
- keep one's fingers crossed fare gli scongiuri, toccare ferro
- lay a finger on toccare
- lift a finger alzare un dito
- pull one's finger out darsi da fare
- put one's finger on indicare
- raise one's finger alzare il dito
- slip through one's fingers scivolare tra le dita
- work one's fingers to the bone lavorare sodo
Português (Portuguese)
n. - dedo (m)
v. - tocar com os dedos
idioms:
- a finger in every pie intrometer-se em tudo (gír.)
- finger bowl lavanda (f) (pequeno recipiente para lavar os dedos antes das refeições)
- get one's finger out Mexa-se!
- keep one's fingers crossed manter os dedos cruzados
- lay a finger on encostar um dedo em (relar)
- lift a finger levantar um dedo (para ajudar)
- pull one's finger out comece a fazer alguma coisa
- put one's finger on indicar com exatidão
- raise one's finger levantar seu dedo
- slip through one's fingers deixar escapar (gír.)
- work one's fingers to the bone trabalhar arduamente
Русский (Russian)
трогать, указывать аппликатуру, красть, донести на, палец, немного
idioms:
- a finger in every pie каждой бочке затычка
- finger bowl блюдичко мыть пальцы
- get one's finger out заставить работать
- keep one's fingers crossed трижды плюнуть через левое плечо, постучать по дереву
- lay a finger on тронуть пальцем
- lift a finger пальцем пошевелить
- pull one's finger out Перестань лентяйничать!
- put one's finger on точно определить
- raise one's finger пальцем пошевелить, начать дело
- slip through one's fingers упустить
- work one's fingers to the bone работать не покладая рук
Español (Spanish)
n. - dedo
v. tr. - palpar, tocar, tentar
v. intr. - palpar, tocar, tentar
idioms:
- finger bowl enjuague, enjuagatorio
- finger on the pulse estar al tanto de lo que pasa
- get one's finger out dejar de aplazar y actuar, poner manos a la obra, despabilarse
- have a finger in every pie estar metido en todo, tener participación en un asunto
- keep one's fingers crossed esperar que todo salga bien
- lay a finger on pegarle a alguien, ponerle la mano encima a
- lift a finger mover un dedo
- pull one's finger out moverse, espabilarse
- put one's finger on acertar, dar en el clavo
- raise one's finger levantar el dedo, mover un dedo
- slip through one's fingers se le escapó de las manos
- work one's fingers to the bone trabajar duro, trabajar mucho, afanarse
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - finger, visare på klocka, fingersbredd
v. - fingra på, lägga vantarna på (vard.), spela på ett instrument, förse noter med fingersättning, utpeka för polisen (amer. vard.), fingra, använda fingrarna (mus. instr.)
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
手指, 指针, 指状物, 用手指触摸, 用指弹奏, 拨弄, 指出, 用指触摸
idioms:
- a finger in every pie 参与其事, 多管闲事, 干涉
- finger bowl 洗指碗
- finger on the pulse 为某人诊脉
- get one's finger out 赶紧, 开始认真工作
- keep one's fingers crossed 祈求好运
- lay a finger on 触碰
- lift a finger 尽举手之劳
- pull one's finger out 赶紧开始认真工作
- put one's finger on 确切地指出
- raise one's finger 举起手指
- slip through one's fingers 从指缝之中溜掉, 错过机会
- work one's fingers to the bone 不停手地做
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 手指, 指標, 指狀物
v. tr. - 用手指觸摸, 用指彈奏, 撥弄, 指出
v. intr. - 用指彈奏, 撥弄, 用指觸摸
idioms:
- a finger in every pie 參與其事, 多管閒事, 干涉
- finger bowl 洗指碗
- finger on the pulse 為某人診脈
- get one's finger out 趕緊, 開始認真工作
- keep one's fingers crossed 祈求好運
- lay a finger on 觸碰
- lift a finger 盡舉手之勞
- pull one's finger out 趕緊開始認真工作
- put one's finger on 確切地指出
- raise one's finger 舉起手指
- slip through one's fingers 從指縫之中溜掉, 錯過機會
- work one's fingers to the bone 不停手地做
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 손가락, 손가락모양의 것
v. tr. - 손가락을 대다, 손가락으로 만지다, (뇌물)받다, 지적하다,
v. intr. - 손가락으로 만지다, 악기가 손으로 연주되다
idioms:
- a finger in every pie 손을 내다, 관계하다
- get one's finger out (건방지게) 노력 좀 해라!, 일 좀 해라!
- keep one's fingers crossed (기원의 뜻으로) 가운데 손가락에 겹치다
- put one's finger on ~에 대해 완벽히 알다
- work one's fingers to the bone 몸을 아끼지 않고 일하다
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 手の指, 指, 指状のもの, 指状突起, 指幅, 中指の長さ
v. - 指でいじる, 手を出す, 弾奏する, 指のように伸びる
idioms:
- a finger in every pie 関係する全ての事, その件の余計なこと
- finger bowl フィンガーボール
- finger on the pulse 正確に把握すること
- get one's finger out とりかかる
- lady's finger 指状のカステラ風菓子
- put one's finger on 的確に指摘する, 思い出す
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) أصبع (فعل) يؤشر باستخدام الأصبع
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - אצבע
v. tr. - הצביע על-, ניגן
v. intr. - מישש באצבעות, אחז באצבעות
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