—palm /pɑːm/
noun [C] (ALSO palm tree) (TREE)
► C1 a tree that grows in hot countries and has a tall trunk with a mass of long pointed leaves at the top: » date palms» palm fronds» The island has long golden beaches fringed by palm trees.Thesaurus+: ↑Types of evergreen and coniferous treenoun [C] (HAND)
C2 the inside part of your hand from your wrist to the base of your fingers:
» This tiny device fits into the palm of your hand.See picture: palm 
Thesaurus+: ↑The handread sb's palm
F0 to look at the lines on the inside of someone's hand and tell them what these lines say about their character and their future
Thesaurus+: ↑Predicting things and intuitionThesaurus+: ↑Extrasensory perception and telepathy• • •
Extra Examples:» She sighed and rested her chin in the palm of her hand.» In a tent an old gypsy woman was reading palms.» You've got horribly sweaty palms.» He shouted her name and slapped his palms on the table.» She was clutching a small coin in the palm of her hand.verb [T] ↑Verb Endings for palm
► F0 to make something seem to disappear by hiding it in the palm of your hand as part of a trick, or to steal something by picking it up in a way that will not be noticed: » I suspected that he had palmed a playing card.Thesaurus+: ↑Hiding and disguisingThesaurus+: ↑Stealing- byline
- (by) miles
- by miles
- by mistake
- by myself
- by nature, profession, trade, etc.
- by no means
- by no stretch of the imagination
- by numbers
- BYOB
- by/on your lonesome
- by ourselves
- bypass
- byplay
- by-product
- byre
- by reason of
- by reputation
- by return
- by return (of post)
- by return of post
- by right of
- by rights
- by (sheer) force/weight of numbers
- by sheer force/weight of numbers