thumb

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. the thick short innermost digit of the forelimb (Freq. 5)
• Syn:
pollex
• Hypernyms:
finger
• Part Meronyms:
musculus abductor pollicis, thumbnail
2. the part of a glove that provides a covering for the thumb
• Hypernyms:
covering
• Part Holonyms:
glove
3. a convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse
• Syn:
ovolo, quarter round
• Hypernyms:
molding, moulding
• Hyponyms:
echinus

II - verb

1. travel by getting free rides from motorists (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
hitchhike, hitch
• Derivationally related forms:
hitchhiker (for: hitchhike)
• Hypernyms:
ride
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
2. look through a book or other written material
- He thumbed through the report
- She leafed through the volume
• Syn:
flick, flip, riffle, leaf, riff
• Derivationally related forms:
leaf (for: leaf)
• Hypernyms:
peruse
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
3. feel or handle with the fingers
- finger the binding of the book
• Syn:
finger
• Derivationally related forms:
finger (for: finger), fingering (for: finger)
• Hypernyms:
touch
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  ovolo, quarter round, pollex, finger, flick, flip, riffle, leaf, riff, hitchhike, hitch