glove
(glʌv )
Word forms: gloves
1. countable noun A2
Gloves are pieces of clothing which cover your hands and wrists and have individual sections for each finger. You wear gloves to keep your hands warm or dry or to protect them.
He stuck his gloves in his pocket.
...a pair of white cotton gloves.
Synonyms: mitten, gauntlet, mitt
2. to fit like a glove phrase
If you say that something fits like a glove, you are emphasizing that it fits exactly. [emphasis]
3. See also kid gloves
4. hand in glove phrase
If you work hand in glove with someone, you work very closely with them.
The U.N. inspectors work hand in glove with the Western intelligence agencies.
Synonyms: in association, in partnership, in league, in collaboration
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Idioms:
be hand in glove with someone or something
to be working very closely with another person or organization, often in order to do something dishonest or immoral
Employment on the building sites is controlled by more than 40 gangs, who are believed to be hand in glove with the police.
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fit like a glove
to be exactly the right shape or size, or to be exactly right or appropriate in some other way
Surprisingly, she has not sung Leonora for a long time, yet, as I reminded her, she used to say the part fitted her voice like a glove.
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Collocations:
heavy gloves latex gloves pair of gloves plastic gloves protective gloves surgical gloves thick gloves wear gloves
The welder wore a mask, a protective suit and heavy gloves.
Smithsonian
They wear heavy gloves and full body armour with helmets that protect the face and head.
Globe and Mail
A cowboy dressed in chaps, cowboy boots, a shirt and bandanna, and heavy gloves delivers letters to rural mailboxes.
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Heavy gloves and an apron are recommended.
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The material could also be used to manufacture tougher and thinner latex gloves of the type used by surgeons.
Times, Sunday Times
Pockets rammed with latex gloves, lips stained blue.
The Sun
The fashion icon, 49, below, wore a mask and latex gloves as she also cleaned her table with anti-bacterial wipes.
The Sun
He covers the dining room table with butcher paper, puts on latex gloves.
Times, Sunday Times
The report also highlights how latex gloves costing 5.44 in one hospital are bought for just 2.39 in another.
Times, Sunday Times
That was back in the day when keepers only had one shirt and one pair of gloves.
The Sun
Later, she drops her handbag - and a pair of gloves and a syringe can be seen.
The Sun
As your extremities are most vulnerable to the cold, get a good pair of gloves and try to find a hat that covers your ears.
Times, Sunday Times
These can easily get blocked, but put on a pair of gloves and reach in to scoop out the dirt.
The Sun
He can bat for a whole day in one pair of gloves.
Times, Sunday Times
Once the beetroots are cooked, remove from the foil and peel, wearing plastic gloves and an apron to avoid staining your hands and clothes.
The Sun
Outside the hospital a police specialist search team with blue plastic gloves were checking rubbish bins and even opening up the lampposts to check inside.
Times, Sunday Times
You might wrap your hands in clingfilm or slip on a pair of plastic gloves (of the type used by nurses) - unattractive but effective.
Times, Sunday Times
When he puts on plastic gloves and reaches for his probe, we're in the realm of the horror film.
Times, Sunday Times
And plastic gloves sealed into the bag allow post-mortem examinations to be carried out on contaminated bodies.
Times, Sunday Times
You'll need to wear protective gloves and glasses when using it.
Times, Sunday Times
To take part, you need climbing kit of clasps, buckles and belts, protective gloves and a helmet.
The Sun
We were extremely careful in our demonstration and wore protective gloves.
The Sun
They put on protective gloves, boots and headgear as we, embarrassingly, skulked by the pool.
Times, Sunday Times
Make sure you always wear the provided protective gloves, too!
The Sun
I covered my coffee table with newspaper and got ready surgical gloves, a scalpel and lots of cleaning supplies.
The Sun
I am sitting here typing, wearing blue surgical gloves.
Times,Sunday Times
They have surgical gloves, disposable aprons, sleeves and shoe covers but no surgical masks.
Times,Sunday Times
He accepts his inner wolf, dons his surgical gloves, picks up an electric saw and gets to work on the therapist.
Times, Sunday Times
Yes, all these products (including the synthetic rubber of one-use surgical gloves) emerge from refining oil and gas.
Times,Sunday Times
Wearing overalls, face masks, thick gloves and carrying breathing apparatus, they swiftly doused the area with cooling sea water.
The Sun
Thick gloves can reduce soldiers' touch sensation and can decrease fine-motor dexterity by 50 to 75 per cent.
Times, Sunday Times
Put on thick gloves, snip them out at the base and the whole thing will be transformed.
Times, Sunday Times
Time to get out the thick gloves.
Times, Sunday Times
She can't work in thick gloves.
Times, Sunday Times
Wear gloves and a warm coat as it gets chilly.
The Sun (2009)
Wear gloves because the leaves and stems are covered in fine hairs, which can be a skin irritant.
The Sun (2011)
It burns on contact with the skin, so wear rubber gloves and protect arms and faces.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Translations:
Chinese: 手套
Japanese: 手袋