Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - palm
Palm
palm
1. n. 1 any usu. tropical tree of the family Palmae, with no branches and a mass of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves at the top. 2 the leaf of this tree as a symbol of victory. 3 a supreme excellence. b a prize for this. 4 a branch of various trees used instead of a palm in non-tropical countries, esp. in celebrating Palm Sunday. Phrases and idioms palm oil oil from the fruit of any of various palms. Palm Sunday the Sunday before Easter, celebrating Christ's entry into Jerusalem. palm wine an alcoholic drink made from fermented palm sap. Derivatives palmaceous adj. Etymology: OE palm(a) f. Gmc f. L palma PALM(2), its leaf being likened to a spread hand 2. n. & v. --n. 1 the inner surface of the hand between the wrist and fingers. 2 the part of a glove that covers this. 3 the palmate part of an antler. --v.tr. conceal in the hand. Phrases and idioms in the palm of one's hand under one's control or influence. palm off 1 (often foll. by on) a impose or thrust fraudulently (on a person). b cause a person to accept unwillingly or unknowingly (palmed my old typewriter off on him). 2 (often foll. by with) cause (a person) to accept unwillingly or unknowingly (palmed him off with my old typewriter). Derivatives palmar adj. palmed adj. palmful n. (pl. -fuls). Etymology: ME paume f. OF paume f. L palma: later assim. to L
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from Latin ~a ~ of the hand, ~ tree; from the resemblance of the tree's leaves to the outstretched hand; akin to Greek palamē ~ of the hand, Old English folm, Old Irish lám hand Date: before 12th century any of a family (Palmae syn. Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves, a leaf of the ~ as a symbol of victory or rejoicing, a symbol of triumph or superiority, an addition to a military decoration in the form of a ~ frond especially to indicate a second award of the basic decoration, ~like adjective II. noun Etymology: Middle English paume, ~e, from Anglo-French, from Latin ~a Date: 14th century the somewhat concave part of the human hand between the bases of the fingers and the wrist or the corresponding part of the forefoot of a lower mammal, a flat expanded part especially at the end of a base or stalk (as of an anchor), a unit of length based on the breadth or length of the hand, something (as a part of a glove) that covers the ~ of the hand, an act of ~ing (as of cards), III. transitive verb Date: 1673 1. to conceal in or with the hand , to take or pick up stealthily, to hand stealthily , to impose by fraud , to touch with the ~: as, to stroke with the ~ or hand, to allow (a basketball) to come to rest momentarily in the hand while dribbling thus committing a violation ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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