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- DictionaryThumb/THəm/
noun
- 1. the short, thick first digit of the human hand, set lower and apart from the other four and opposable to them.
verb
- 1. press, move, or touch (something) with one's thumb: "as soon as she thumbed the button, the door slid open"
The meaning of THUMB is the short thick digit of the human hand that is analogous in position to the big toe and differs from the other fingers in having only two phalanges, allowing greater freedom of movement, and being opposable to each of them; also : a corresponding digit in lower animals.
THUMB definition: 1. the short, thick finger on the side of your hand that makes it possible to hold and pick things…. Learn more.
THUMB meaning: 1. the short, thick finger on the side of your hand that makes it possible to hold and pick things…. Learn more.
Thumb definition: the short, thick, inner digit of the human hand, next to the forefinger.. See examples of THUMB used in a sentence.
The thumb is the first digit of the hand, next to the index finger. When a person is standing in the medical anatomical position (where the palm is facing to the front), the thumb is the outermost digit. The Medical Latin English noun for thumb is pollex (compare hallux for big toe), and the corresponding adjective for thumb is pollical.
Your thumb is the fifth digit on your hand, the one that doesn't quite match your fingers. Thumbs help us grip objects with care and precision — it would be difficult to hold chopsticks without a thumb.
a practical method of doing or measuring something, usually based on past experience rather than on exact measurement. As a rule of thumb, you should cook a chicken for 20 minutes for each pound of weight. stand/stick out like a sore thumb. to be very easy to notice in an unpleasant way.
THUMB definition: the short, thick finger on the side of your hand that can touch the top of all your other fingers. Learn more.
5 days ago · The short thick digit of the hand that for humans has the most mobility and can be made to oppose (moved to touch) all of the other fingers. ( graphical user interface) The part of a slider that may be moved linearly along the slider. a scroll-bar thumb. ( colloquial, Internet) A thumbnail picture.
3 days ago · noun. 1. the first and usually shortest and thickest of the digits of the hand, composed of two short bones. Technical name: pollex Related adjective: pollical. 2. the corresponding digit in other vertebrates. 3. the part of a glove shaped to fit the thumb. 4. architecture another name for ovolo.
