fingered
fingered Lexical Profile
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• verb
To touch, feel, or turn over something with the fingers (past tense and past participle of 'finger').
"He nervously fingered the silk tie while waiting for the interview to begin."
To identify or inform on someone as a suspect or culprit, especially to the authorities (past tense and past participle of 'finger').
"The witness fingered the suspect during the police lineup."
• adjective
Having fingers, or having fingers of a specified number or kind (often used in combination).
"She wore a pair of warm, five-fingered woolen gloves during the winter hike."
(Of a plant leaf or structure) divided into narrow lobes or leaflets that radiate from a common center like the fingers of a hand.
"The horse chestnut tree is easily recognized by its large, fingered compound leaves."
(Of a musical score or passage) marked with numbers or symbols indicating which fingers are to be used to play the notes.
"The piano teacher provided a carefully fingered edition of the sonata to help the student master the difficult scale."