| query | A f_____ of something such as smoke or land is an amount of it that is shaped rather like a finger.A finger of something such as smoke or land is an amount of it that is shaped rather like a finger. ...a thin finger of land that separates Pakistan from the former Soviet Union. Cover the base with a single layer of sponge fingers. |
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| word | finger |
| full-definition | noun Your fingers are the four long thin parts at the end of each hand. She suddenly held up a small, bony finger and pointed across the room. She ran her fingers through her hair. There was a ring on each of his fingers. The fingers of a glove are the parts that a person's fingers fit into. A finger of something such as smoke or land is an amount of it that is shaped rather like a finger. ...a thin finger of land that separates Pakistan from the former Soviet Union. Cover the base with a single layer of sponge fingers. A finger of a strong alcoholic drink is an amount of it which, when it is in a glass, is the same size as the width of a person's finger. I poured two final fingers of bourbon into my glass. verb If you finger something, you touch or feel it with your fingers. He fingered the few coins in his pocket. Self-consciously she fingered the emeralds at her throat. If you finger a person or organization, you tell someone, usually the police, that the person or organization has done something illegal or wrong . Police and prosecutors manipulated the eyewitnesses so they would finger Aldo. Think of all those instances where CCTV could have fingered the suspects in no time. |
| inflections | fingersfingeringfingered |
| cefr-level | A2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:a2
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