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thumb

noun

1 thumb

The thick short innermost digit of the forelimb.

synonym: pollex.

Roget 379: touch; tact, taction, tactility; feeling; palpation, palpability; contrectation; manipulation; massage.    [Organ of touch] hand, finger, forefinger, ... show more

Dutch: duim
Polish: kciuk

2 thumb

The part of a glove that provides a covering for the thumb.

Dutch: duim

3 thumb

A convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse.

synonyms: ovolo, quarter round.

verb

1 thumb

Travel by getting free rides from motorists.

synonyms: hitch, hitchhike.

Dutch: liften

2 thumb

Look through a book or other written material:
— He thumbed through the report.

synonyms: flick, flip, leaf, riff, riffle.

Dutch: bladeren

3 thumb

Feel or handle with the fingers.

synonym: finger.

Roget 379: touch, feel, handle, finger, thumb, paw, fumble, grope, grabble; twiddle, tweedle; pass the fingers over, run the fingers over; ... show more


Moby thesaurus: OK, accept, all thumbs, annulary, approve of, awkward, be contemptuous of, catch a ride, clumsy, come in contact, contemn, dactylion, deride, digit, disapprove of, dismiss, feel, feel of, finger, flick ... show more.

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