Meaning & use
gloved hand
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Meaning
nouncountable
A hand that is wearing a glove, often mentioned to show protection, secrecy or formality.
Grammar: A normal countable noun: a gloved hand, two gloved hands.
Patterns
- with a gloved hand
- a gloved hand on something
The surgeon reached out with a gloved hand for the scalpel.
A gloved hand tapped on the window in the dark.
He wiped the frost from the glass with a gloved hand.
Word forms
| plural | gloved hands |
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Common combinations
- raise a gloved hand
- The referee raised a gloved hand to stop play.
- reach with a gloved hand
- She reached with a gloved hand for the hot pan.
- a gloved hand on the shoulder
- A gloved hand on his shoulder made him jump.
- shake a gloved hand
- He shook her gloved hand politely.
- rest a gloved hand on something
- The guard rested a gloved hand on the rail.
Synonyms and how they differ
- covered hand
- Covered hand is vague and could mean any covering, while gloved hand specifically means a glove.
- mittened hand
- A mittened hand wears a mitten, which keeps the fingers together, unlike a glove with separate fingers.
Opposites
Word family
Commonly confused: gloved hand or mitten?
gloved hand vs mitten
A mitten covers the fingers together with a separate thumb, while a glove has a separate sleeve for each finger.
Practice
The detective picked up the evidence with a ____ hand to avoid leaving fingerprints.
Choose one answer.
Gloved is the adjective that describes a hand wearing a glove. Glove is a noun and cannot describe hand in this way.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “gloved hand”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.