English-French translations for glove

  • gant
    Il faut cesser de prendre des gants à l'égard des dealers et des barons de la drogue invisibles. The days of kid-glove treatment for drug pushers and the unseen drug barons must end. Selon moi, c'est comme commencer de tricoter un gant sans aller plus loin que le pouce. In my opinion, it is like starting to knit a glove and not getting any further than the thumb. Il arrive un moment, dans une négociation, où il ne faut plus prendre de gants, où il faut agir. There comes a time within a negotiation when the kid gloves must come off, when action must be taken.
  • ganter
  • mitaine

Definition of glove

  • 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
  • A baseball mitt
  • A condom
  • To catch the ball in a baseball mitt
  • To put a glove or gloves on
  • 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.This second sentence is relevant because it means the batsman can be out caught, but not out LBW, the same as any other shot where the batsman hits the ball with his bat. User:Mglovesfun--

Examples

  • I wore gloves to keep my hands warm
  • The boxing champ laced on his gloves before the big bout
  • Frederico had a great glove, but he couldnt hit a curveball, so he never broke into the pros
  • to throw down the glove, i.e. to offer a challenge; to take up the glove, to accept it
  • He gloved the line drive for the third out.
  • Maxwell gloved his hand so that he wouldnt leave fingerprints, then pulled the trigger.

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