| Noun | 1. | finger - any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb); "her fingers were long and thin"hand, manus, mitt, paw - the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb; "he had the hands of a surgeon"; "he extended his mitt" dactyl, digit - a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding part in other vertebrates extremity - that part of a limb that is farthest from the torso pollex, thumb - the thick short innermost digit of the forelimb middle finger - the second finger; between the index finger and the ring finger | |
| 2. | finger - the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure | |
| 3. | finger - the part of a glove that provides a covering for one of the fingerscovering - an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it) | |
| Verb | 1. | finger - feel or handle with the fingers; "finger the binding of the book"touch - make physical contact with, come in contact with; "Touch the stone for good luck"; "She never touched her husband" | |
| 2. | finger - examine by touch; "Feel this soft cloth!"; "The customer fingered the sweater"feel - grope or feel in search of something; "He felt for his wallet" | |
| 3. | finger - search for on the computer; "I fingered my boss and found that he is not logged on in the afternoons"look for, search, seek - try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county" | |
| 4. | finger - indicate the fingering for the playing of musical scores for keyboard instrumentspoint, indicate, show - indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively; "I showed the customer the glove section"; "He pointed to the empty parking space"; "he indicated his opponents" | |