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  • plural of glove.
  • present tense form of glove (3rd person singular).
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gloves

NOUN
hand covering for warmth, protection
Synonyms


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She and a dozen colleagues don cotton gloves, roll up their sleeves and plant themselves on cheap plastic stools for the task of separating out the valuable, intact mushrooms from the busted ones.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

Osman asked him if the gloves would be off should the judges get overly critical of the new crop of contestants, and the dancer joked he was "waiting for that judges' debrief".

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

As the Senegalese engineers assemble their satellite -- wearing hairnets and white gloves as they probe a miniature black box, small enough to be held with one hand -- two destinations have become a priority.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

In this work, however, the researchers demonstrated that weft knitting, the same industrial method commonly used to produce hats and gloves, can create complex curved structures using yarn alone.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

It took Mrs. Cranston three days to decide to go into Rhinebeck to buy a pair of button gloves.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck



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