palm¹ /päm/

1. The inner surface of the hand between wrist and fingers
2. The corresponding part of a forefoot, or of a glove
3. The sole of the foot (rare)
4. A handbreadth (7.5 or 10cm, ie 3 or 4 inches)
5. The length of the hand from wrist to fingertip
6. A sailmaker's instrument used instead of a thimble
7. A flat expansion, as of an antler, or the inner surface of an anchor fluke
8. An act of palming
9. (also palmˈ-play) an old game in which a ball was struck with the palm

1. To touch or stroke with the palm
2. To hold in the palm
3. To take swiftly and unseen and conceal in the palm
4. To impose, pass off (esp with off, and on or upon)
5. To bribe

palmar /palˈmər/ adjective

Relating to the palm

palmate /palˈ/ or palmated adjective

1. Hand-shaped
2. Having lobes radiating from one centre (botany)
3. Webfooted (zoology)

palˈmately adverb

palmatifid /pal-matˈi-fid/ adjective (botany)

Shaped like the hand, with the divisions extending about halfway down

palmāˈtion noun

1. Palmate formation
2. A palmate structure or one of its parts or divisions

palmatipartˈite adjective

Palmately divided rather more than halfway

palmatisect /pal-matˈi-sekt/ adjective

Deeply cut in a palmate manner

palmed /pämd/ adjective

1. Having a palm
2. Held or concealed in the palm

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