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Meaning of "fingered" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FINGERED

fingered  [ˈfɪŋɡəd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FINGERED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fingered is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES FINGERED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Fingering (disambiguation)

Fingering is the positioning of the fingers when playing a musical instrument. Fingering may also refer to: ▪ Fingering ▪ Salt fingering, a mixing process that occurs when salty water overlies relatively colder, fresher water ▪ Viscous fingering, the formation of patterns in a morphologically unstable interface...

Definition of fingered in the English dictionary

The first definition of fingered in the dictionary is marked or dirtied by handling. Other definition of fingered is having a finger or fingers. Fingered is also having numerals indicating the necessary fingering.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FINGERED


ahungered
əˈhʌŋɡəd
anhungered
ænˈhʌŋɡəd
anhungred
ænˈhʌŋɡəd
Beghard
ˈbɛɡəd
beleaguered
bɪˈliːɡəd
buggered
ˈbʌɡəd
butterfingered
ˈbʌtəˌfɪŋɡəd
disfigured
dɪsˈfɪɡəd
figured
ˈfɪɡəd
haggard
ˈhæɡəd
jiggered
ˈdʒɪɡəd
lagered
ˈlɑːɡəd
laggard
ˈlæɡəd
niggard
ˈnɪɡəd
nimble-fingered
ˌnɪmbəlˈfɪŋɡəd
sluggard
ˈslʌɡəd
staggard
ˈstæɡəd
staggered
ˈstæɡəd
sugared
ˈʃʊɡəd
triggered
ˈtrɪɡəd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FINGERED

finger plate
finger post
finger spelling
finger tight
finger trouble
finger wave
finger-dry
finger´s breadth
fingerboard
fingerbreadth
fingered tremolo
fingerer
fingerglass
fingerguard
fingerhold
fingerhole
fingering
fingerless
fingerlike
fingerling

WORDS THAT END LIKE FINGERED

bothered
centered
chartered
considered
covered
endangered
langered
layered
light-fingered
ordered
powdered
recovered
registered
remembered
scattered
sticky-fingered
unanswered
unendangered
unscavengered
what the doctor ordered

Synonyms and antonyms of fingered in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FINGERED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «fingered» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of fingered

Translation of «fingered» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FINGERED

Find out the translation of fingered to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fingered from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fingered» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

多指
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Fingered
570 millions of speakers

English

fingered
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उँगलियों
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أصابع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

облапанная
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Fingered
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ওস্তাদ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Doigts
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Fingered
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gefingert
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

指状の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

핑거
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Driji
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngón
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஃபிங்கர்டு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पोहीया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

parmaklı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Fingered
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Fingered
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

облапав
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Fingered
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λαθροχείρ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vinger
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fingered
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fingret
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fingered

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FINGERED»

The term «fingered» is very widely used and occupies the 17.175 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FINGERED» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «fingered» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «fingered» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fingered

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QUOTES WITH «FINGERED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word fingered.
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John McWhorter
Texting is fingered speech. Now we can write the way we talk.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FINGERED»

Discover the use of fingered in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fingered and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Obi; or, The History of Three-Fingered Jack
This Broadview edition includes a critical introduction and a selection of contemporary documents, including historical and literary treatments of obeah and accounts of an eighteenth-century slave rebellion.
William Earle, Srinivas Aravamudan, 2005
2
The Twelve-Fingered Boy
Fifteen-year-old Shreve Cannon doesn't mind juvie.
John Hornor Jacobs, 2014
3
The Light-fingered Gang
Although many people blame the Galician immigrants for the crime wave that hits Saskatoon in 1912, young Mackenzie Davis, son of a reporter, doesn't believe it and intends to find out the truth.
Dave Glaze, 2005
4
Mechanics and Control of Soft-fingered Manipulation
Researchers involved in object manipulation by robotic hands, as well as in human dexterity in object manipulation, will find this text enlightening.
Takahiro Inoue, Shinichi Hirai, 2008
5
Control Theory of Multi-fingered Hands: A Modelling and ...
Control Theory of Multi-fingered Hands will be a useful reference for postgraduate students and researchers in this field, as well as engineers and roboticists.
Suguru Arimoto, 2008
6
The Slender-Fingered Cats of Bubastis
Most archaeologists - including Professor Bernice Summerfield - know only two facts about Bubastis: one is, that its cheerless swamps are home to five giant stone Cats, whose ancient origins are shrouded in mystery; the other, that is has ...
Xanna Eve Chown, 2012
7
Light-Fingered Gentry
We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
David Graham Phillips, 2008
8
How Does Your Garden Grow?: Great Gardening For ...
Forty rewarding projects introduce budding gardeners to the satisfaction of planting and harvesting their own vegetables and flowers and take them away from the TV and out into the fresh air, to channel youthful energies in exciting new ...
Clare Matthews, 2005
9
Wet-Fingered Dentistry: Practical Advice from Experienced ...
This book offers advice on a wide range of topics such as getting a practice started (or joining an existing practice); attracting and keeping patients; dealing with dental emergencies; practicing risk management; and handling young, ...
David J. Kenny, Michael J. Casas, 2002
10
The Eight-Fingered Criminal's Son
THE EIGHT-FINGERED CRIMINAL'S SON is a quirky collection of mostly true stories about growing up in 1970s Southern California.
William Snyder, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FINGERED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fingered is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Brenda fingered in alleged fraud spree
Famous legal analyst and convicted fraudster, Brenda Wardle is expected to appear before the Johannesburg Specialised Commercial Crimes ... «The Citizen, Jul 15»
2
David Beckham wows Wimbledon with fast-fingered catch
Jamie Murray may have made his second Wimbledon final, but it was spectator David Beckham's sharp catching that stole the headlines at ... «ITV News, Jul 15»
3
It's all go right now for green-fingered
So much is happening in the garden at present that you really cannot take your eye off the ball for more than a day. The pods of peas and ... «Morpeth Herald, Jul 15»
4
Green fingered as mastermind
DeVere Group CEO Nigel Green and companies linked to him are responsible for the problems in the Strategic Growth Fund (SGF). «Citizen, Jul 15»
5
Green-fingered teen is schools' top gardener
Green-fingered teen is schools' top gardener. Play. Current Time 0:00. /. Duration Time 0:00. Remaining Time -0:00. Stream TypeLIVE. Loaded: ... «Longridge Today, Jul 15»
6
New community garden blooms thanks to green-fingered students
Year 9 students at Whitley Bay High School spent three days working alongside volunteers at the Stationmaster's Community Wildlife Garden. «News Guardian, Jul 15»
7
Youngsters have green-fingered fun with community garden …
YOUNGSTERS at Little Learners Pre-School in Droitwich got their hands dirty recently with a visit from volunteers at the local community ... «Bromsgrove Advertiser, Jul 15»
8
Diezani Fingered In Sack Of Buhari's CSO
Following the recent sack of Abdulrahman Iman as the chief security officer cso of the President for allegedly leaking the President's itinerary, ... «Entertainment Express, Jul 15»
9
Was it Hollande who fingered Varoufakis?
The controversial Greek Finance Minister, Yanis Varoufakis, 'resigned' this morning, having said previously that he would do s0 – if there was a ... «For Argyll, Jul 15»
10
Mnangagwa Fingered In Prison Meat Theft Scam
Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been fingered as complicit in the stealing of prisoners' meat by participating in concealing the crime ... «ZimEye - Zimbabwe News, Jul 15»

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