finger
/ˈfɪŋɡɚ/ noun B1- A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb, and the corresponding part, irrespective of including a thumb, in many other animals. · Humans have two hands and ten fingers. Each hand has one thumb and four fingers.
- Similar or similar-looking extremities in other animals, particularly
- The lower, smaller segment of an arthropod claw.
- One of the supporting structures of wings in birds, bats, etc. evolved from earlier toes or fingers.
- One of the slender bony structures before the pectoral fins of gurnards and sea robins (Triglidae).
- Something similar in shape to the human finger, particularly
- Finger-shaped pieces of food. · chocolate fingers; fish fingers; cheese fingers
- A tube extending from a sealed system, or sometimes into one in the case of a cold finger.
Plural fingers
From the library
“You are aware,” said he, “that the dead man’s wedding ring has been taken from his finger?”
The sergeant kept turning it over in his big fingers.
The curtain at length fell on the performances, to the infinite satisfaction of the Viscount of Morcerf, who seized his hat, rapidly passed his fingers through his hair, arranged his cravat and wristbands, and signified to Franz that he was waiting for him to lead the way.
Do you tell me that in that time the guilty person managed to make footmarks in the corner, open the window, mark the sill with blood, take the wedding ring off the dead man’s finger, and all the rest of it?
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