Mitt vs. Glove
Mitt and Glove Definitions
Mitt
A type of glove that extends over the hand but only partially covers the fingers.
Glove
A close-fitting covering for the hand with a separate sheath for each finger and the thumb, worn especially as protection from the cold.
Mitt
A mitten.
Glove
A gauntlet.
Mitt
(Baseball) A large, padded, protective leather glove, usually with one sheath for the thumb and one undivided sheath for the remaining fingers, used by catchers and first basemen.
Glove
An oversized leather glove used for catching baseballs, especially one with more finger sheaths than the catcher's or first baseman's mitt.
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Mitt
(Slang) A hand or fist.
Glove
A glove made of leather and fabric having padding on the back and extending over the wrist, used in hockey and lacrosse.
Mitt
A mitten
Glove
A boxing glove.
Mitt
An oversized, protective glove such as an oven mitt or a baseball mitt.
Glove
A close-fitting glove used to improve the grip, as in batting or in golf.
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Mitt
A hand.
Hey, get your cotton-picking mitts off my sandwich!
Glove
(Baseball) Fielding ability
A shortstop with a good glove.
Mitt
A mitten; also, a covering for the wrist and hand and not for the fingers, usually worn by women.
Glove
To furnish with gloves.
Mitt
A large glove, usually made of leather or similar material, with differing degrees of padding and usually some form of webbing in the large space between the thumb insert and the insert for the index finger; a baseball glove. It is used to assist in catching the baseball. The catcher's mitt has more padding and less webbing.
Glove
To cover with or as if with a glove.
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Mitt
A hand; - used mostly in slang expressions; as, keep your mitts off my box of chocolates!
Glove
To don gloves, as before performing an operation on a patient.
Mitt
The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb;
He had the hands of a surgeon
He extended his mitt
Glove
An item of clothing, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but usually allowing independent movement of the fingers.
I wore gloves to keep my hands warm.
The boxing champ laced on his gloves before the big bout.
Mitt
Gloves worn by fielders in baseball
Glove
A baseball mitt.
Glove
The ability to catch a hit ball.
Frederico had a great glove, but he couldn't hit a curveball, so he never broke into the pros.
Glove
(slang) A condom.
Glove
(with definite article) A challenge from one to another.
To throw down the glove, i.e. to offer a challenge; to take up the glove, to accept it
Glove
To catch the ball in a baseball mitt.
He gloved the line drive for the third out.
Glove
(transitive) To put a glove or gloves on.
Maxwell gloved his hand so that he wouldn't leave fingerprints, then pulled the trigger.
Glove
(cricket) 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.
Glove
A cover for the hand, or for the hand and wrist, with a separate sheath for each finger. The latter characteristic distinguishes the glove from the mitten.
Glove
A boxing glove.
Glove
To cover with, or as with, a glove.
Glove
Gloves worn by fielders in baseball
Glove
Handwear: covers the hand and wrist
Glove
Gloves that are big and padded; worn for boxing
