Fingering - English meaning

Fingering – definitions in English dictionary

noun
A manner or technique of using the fingers, especially to play a musical instrument.
Usage examples:
He once studied keyboard fingering

noun
Fine wool for hand knitting.

verb
Touch or feel with the fingers.
Usage examples:
The thin man fingered his moustache
Synonims:
Touch Feel Handle Manipulate Stroke Rub Caress Fondle Toy with Play (about) with Play (around) with Fiddle with Twiddle with Maul Meddle with Manhandle Pull Grab Put one's hands on Lay a fing
verb
Inform on (someone) to the police.
Usage examples:
He was fingered by a supergrass and charged with murder
verb
Play (a passage) with a particular sequence of positions of the fingers.

noun
The fingering of a piece of music is the way that fingers are used to play particular notes, or the numbers on a sheet of music that show which fingers should play which notes.

Fingering translation into English

Fingering: translate from English into Chinese

指法, 抚弄, 捻弄

Fingering: translate from English into Dutch

Vingerzetting, Vingervaardigheid

Fingering: translate from English into French

Doigté, Maniement, Laine à tricoter

Fingering: translate from English into German

Fingern, Griff

Fingering: translate from English into Hindi

छूत, छूना, स्पर्श

Fingering: translate from English into Italian

Diteggiatura, Tastare, Il palpare

Fingering: translate from English into Korean

운지법, 가는 털실, 손가락으로 만지작거림

Fingering: translate from English into Russian

Аппликатура, Тонкая шерсть, Игра на инструменте, Прикосновение пальцев

Fingering: translate from English into Spanish

Digitación, Toqueteo

Word origin

Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vinger and German Finger .

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Fingering – similar words

fingerable

adjective
That can be fingered; especially that may be, or is suitable for being, touched or manipulated with the fingers.

Fingerable - all meanings in English

finger

noun
Each of the four slender jointed parts attached to either hand (or five, if the thumb is included).
Usage examples:
She raked her hair back with her fingers

verb
Touch or feel with the fingers.
Usage examples:
The thin man fingered his moustache

verb
Any of the terminal members of the hand

Finger - all meanings in English

Fingering synonims

caress

verb
Touch or stroke gently or lovingly.
Usage examples:
She caressed the girl's forehead

noun
A gentle or loving touch.
Usage examples:
She felt the caress of his breath on her cheek

Caress - all meanings in English

feel

verb
Be aware of (a person or object) through touching or being touched.
Usage examples:
She felt someone touch her shoulder

noun
An act of touching something to examine it.
Usage examples:
I let him have a feel of my hair and kept saying ‘it's a bit of a shock, isn't it?’ (must have been…

verb
Be conscious of a physical, mental, or emotional state

Feel - all meanings in English

fondle

verb
Stroke or caress lovingly or erotically.
Usage examples:
He kissed and fondled her

noun
An act of fondling.
Usage examples:
A penniless essex university student is auctioning a fondle of her breasts on e-bay to get her thro…

verb
Touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner

Fondle - all meanings in English

grab

verb
Grasp or seize suddenly and roughly.
Usage examples:
She grabbed him by the shirt collar

noun
A quick sudden clutch or attempt to seize.
Usage examples:
He made a grab at the pistol

verb
Take or seize suddenly

Grab - all meanings in English

handle

verb
Feel or manipulate with the hands.
Usage examples:
Heavy paving slabs can be difficult to handle

noun
The part by which a thing is held, carried, or controlled.
Usage examples:
A holdall with two carrying handles

verb
Touch, lift, or hold

Handle - all meanings in English

manhandle

verb
Move (a heavy object) by hand with great effort.
Usage examples:
Men used to manhandle the piano down the stairs

verb
To handle someone with force or push someone around, often when taking the person somewhere
Usage examples:
Security guards had manhandled some of the fans.

Manhandle - all meanings in English

manipulate

verb
Handle or control (a tool, mechanism, information, etc.) in a skilful manner.
Usage examples:
He manipulated the dials of the set

verb
Influence or control shrewdly or deviously

verb
To influence or control someone to your advantage, often without that person knowing it
Usage examples:
Her success is partly due to her ability to manipulate the media., the wheelchair is designed to be…

Manipulate - all meanings in English

maul

verb
(of an animal) wound (a person or animal) by scratching and tearing.
Usage examples:
A man was mauled by a lion at london zoo

noun
(in rugby union) a loose scrum formed around a player with the ball off the ground.
Usage examples:
The grounding of the ball in a driven maul satisfied the touch judge, but not the referee, and anot…

verb
Injure badly

Maul - all meanings in English

pull

verb
Exert force on (someone or something) so as to cause movement towards oneself.
Usage examples:
He pulled them down on to the couch

noun
An act of pulling something.
Usage examples:
Give the hair a quick pull and it comes out by the roots

verb
Apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion

Pull - all meanings in English

rub

verb
Apply firm pressure to the surface of (something), using a repeated back and forth motion.
Usage examples:
She rubbed her arm, where she had a large bruise

noun
An act of rubbing.
Usage examples:
She pulled out a towel and gave her head a quick rub

abbreviation
Russian rouble(s).

Rub - all meanings in English

stroke

noun
An act of hitting or striking someone or something; a blow.
Usage examples:
He received three strokes of the cane

verb
Move one's hand with gentle pressure over (a surface), typically repeatedly; caress.
Usage examples:
He put his hand on her hair and stroked it

verb
A single complete movement

Stroke - all meanings in English

touch

verb
Come into or be in contact with.
Usage examples:
He leaned back so that only two legs of his chair touched the floor

noun
An act of touching someone or something.
Usage examples:
Her touch on his shoulder was hesitant

verb
Make physical contact with, come in contact with

Touch - all meanings in English

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