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glove

/ɡlʌv/

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noun

Gant

An item of clothing other than a mitten, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but usually allowing independent movement of the fingers.

Examples :

"I wore gloves to keep my hands warm."

J'ai porté des gants pour garder mes mains au chaud.

wear item body essential

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noun

Gant de baseball

A baseball mitt.

Examples :

"The baseball player wore his new glove during practice. "

Le joueur de baseball portait son nouveau gant de baseball pendant l'entraînement.

sport wear essential

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noun

La capacité d'attraper une balle frappée

The ability to catch a hit ball.

Examples :

"The baseball player's glove was excellent; he caught every fly ball. "

La capacité d'attraper une balle frappée du joueur de baseball était excellente ; il a attrapé chaque balle en cloche.

sport ability essential

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noun

Préservatif

Examples :

"He wore a glove to protect himself from the sexually transmitted infection. "

Il a utilisé un préservatif pour se protéger de l'infection sexuellement transmissible.

sex medicine item essential

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noun

Le défi

(with definite article) A challenge from one to another.

Examples :

"to throw down the glove, i.e. to offer a challenge; to take up the glove, to accept it"

Lancer le défi, c'est-à-dire proposer un défi ; relever le défi, l'accepter.

sport tradition war action achievement essential

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verb

Attraper la balle avec un gant

To catch the ball in a baseball mitt.

Examples :

"He gloved the line drive for the third out."

Il a attrapé la balle frappée en ligne avec son gant pour le troisième retrait.

sport action essential

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verb

Ganter

To put a glove or gloves on.

Examples :

"Before playing baseball, I glove my hands with my new baseball gloves. "

Avant de jouer au baseball, je me gante les mains avec mes nouveaux gants de baseball.

wear appearance essential

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verb

Toucher une balle avec son gant

To touch a delivery with one's glove while the gloved hand is on the bat. Under the rules of cricket, the batsman is deemed to have hit the ball.

Examples :

"The batter gloved the delivery, and the umpire declared him out. "

Le batteur a touché la balle avec son gant, et l'arbitre l'a déclaré sorti.

sport essential