finger
feel or handle with the fingers
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,513 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 12,087 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.006% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- feel or handle with the fingers also: thumb finger the binding of the book
- examine by touch also: feel Feel this soft cloth!The customer fingered the sweater
- search for on the computer I fingered my boss and found that he is not logged on in the afternoons
- indicate the fingering for the playing of musical scores for keyboard instruments
noun
- any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb) her fingers were long and thin
- the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure also: fingerbreadth, finger's breadth, digit
- one of the parts of a glove that provides covering for a finger or thumb
finger in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Johnston followed Thorndyke's finger with his eyes.
The Land of the Changing Sun · Will N. (Will Nathaniel) Harben · Chapter 1
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Marjorie pointed one finger at Mavis, started to speak, and stopped.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1
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And, with his finger over his shoulder, he was pointing to M. Costeclar.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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Thou layest thy finger on the lips of Care, And they complain no more.
The Complete Poetical Works of Henry · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Chapter 1
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Tonight through the soreness of a bitter disappointment he put his finger on the highest note of his character and resolved.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1