palm
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English palme, from Old English palm, palma (“palm-tree, palm-branch”), from Latin palma (“palm-tree, palm-branch, palm of the hand”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂meh₂, *pl̥h₂emeh₂ (“palm of the hand”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat”). Cognate with Dutch palm, German Palme, Danish palme, Icelandic pálmur (“palm”).
Inflected forms:
form: palms
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Palm
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: palms
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: palming
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: palmed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: palmed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Any of various evergreen trees from the family Palmae or Arecaceae, which are mainly found in the tropics.
pos: noun
gloss: A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing.
pos: noun
examples: A great multitude […] stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palmes in their hands.
gloss: Triumph; victory.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
figuratively
gloss: Any of the twenty-three awards that can be earned after obtaining the Eagle Scout rank, but generally only before turning eighteen years old.
pos: noun
gloss: To hold or conceal something in the palm of the hand, e.g., for an act of sleight of hand or to steal something.
pos: verb
gloss: To hold something without bending the fingers significantly.
pos: verb
examples: John palmed the ball.
gloss: To move something with the palm of the hand.
pos: verb
examples: The home side's goalkeeper Asmir Begovic managed to palm the drive on to the post but the sheer pace of the shot forced the ball into the net.
gloss: To use one's palm as identification to get through a door or security checkpoint.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
transitive
examples: I palmed in to work.
She palmed the door as she talked to the security guard.
gloss: To bribe.
pos: verb
tags: UK
obsolete
slang
transitive
examples: He never again appeared in the house where practices of this description are carried on every night, and where officers of the police are palmed (bribed) for their forbearance.
Derived words: acai palm
açaí palm
Alexander palm
Alexandra palm
areca palm
Asian palm civet
bamboo palm
bangalow palm
bertam palm
betel palm
bottle palm
bread palm
buri palm
cabbage palm
California fan palm
chiquichiqui palm
coconut palm
coco palm
coquito palm
Cornish palm
date palm
doom palm
doum palm
East-West palm
emerald palm
Emperor palm
fan palm
feather palm
fishtail palm
foxtail palm
gebang palm
ghetto palm
gingerbread palm
gomuti palm
hat palm
heart of palm
hemp palm
Illawarra palm
iraca palm
ivory palm
jacitara palm
jagua palm
jelly palm
Jupati palm
lady palm
macaw palm
makalani palm
maripa palm
masked palm civet
Mediterranean dwarf palm
Mexican fan palm
Molucca palm
moriche palm
Neanthe bella palm
needle palm
nipa palm
northern palm squirrel
oil of palm
oil palm
ouricury palm
palmaceous
palmate
Palm Bay
Palm Beach
palm butter
palm cabbage
palmchat
palm civet
Palm Coast
palm cockatoo
palm court
palm court orchestra
palmcreeper
Palmdale
palm-dart
palm dove
palmery
palmette
palm fat
palmfly
palm grass
Palm Grove
palmheart
palmhouse
palmification
palmitic
palm kernel
palm kernel oil
palm king
palm-leaf
palm nut
palm-oil
palm oil
palm squirrel
palm stearin
palm sugar
Palm Sunday
palm syrup
palm thief
palm-tree
palm tree justice
palm vinegar
palm weevil
palm wine
palm-wine
palmwood
palmworm
palmy
palmyra palm
Panama hat palm
pandanus palm
parlor palm
parlour palm
peach palm
phœnix palm
phoenix palm
pineapple palm
ponytail palm
queen palm
raffia palm
rasp palm
rattan palm
ronier palm
rônier palm
royal palm
sago palm
salak palm
sand palm
screw palm
stilt palm
sugar palm
tagua palm
talipot palm
Texas phoenix palm decline
thief palm
toddy palm
toquilla palm
traveler's palm
traveller's palm
travellers' palm
ubussu palm
umbrella palm
urucuri palm
vulcan palm
walking palm
windmill palm
wine palm
palmless
palm off
palm out
repalm
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