palm

palm is a 4-letter English word with 16 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The inner and somewhat concave part of the hand between the bases of the fingers and the wrist. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 11 · 16 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The inner and somewhat concave part of the hand between the bases of the fingers and the wrist.
2. noun. A lineal measure equal either to the breadth of the hand or to its length from the wrist to the ends of the fingers; a hand; -- used in measuring a horse's height.
3. noun. A metallic disk, attached to a strap, and worn the palm of the hand, -- used to push the needle through the canvas, in sewing sails, etc.
4. noun. The broad flattened part of an antler, as of a full-grown fallow deer; -- so called as resembling the palm of the hand with its protruding fingers.
5. noun. The flat inner face of an anchor fluke.
6. noun. Any endogenous tree of the order Palmae or Palmaceae; a palm tree.
7. noun. A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing.
8. noun. Any symbol or token of superiority, success, or triumph; also, victory; triumph; supremacy.
9. transitive verb. To handle.
10. transitive verb. To manipulate with, or conceal in, the palm of the hand; to juggle.
11. transitive verb. To impose by fraud, as by sleight of hand; to put by unfair means; -- usually with off.
12. noun. the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers

    Synonyms: thenar

13. noun. an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event

    Synonyms: decoration, medal, medallion, ribbon

14. noun. any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves
15. noun. a linear unit based on the length or width of the human hand
16. verb. touch, lift, or hold with the hands

    "Don't handle the merchandise"

    Synonyms: handle

Synonyms

thenar, decoration, medal, medallion, ribbon, handle

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in palm:

lamp

Common word forms

palms, palmed, palmer, palmful, palming

Words from these letters

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