PALM

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Any of various evergreen trees from the family Palmae or Arecaceae, which are mainly found in the tropics.
2. isim A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing.

   “A great multitude […] stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palmes in their hands.”

3. isim Triumph; victory.
4. isim Any of the twenty-three awards that can be earned after obtaining the Eagle Scout rank, but generally only before turning eighteen years old.
5. isim The inner and somewhat concave part of the human hand or other primate hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.

   “[She] flung herself / Down on the great King's couch, and writhed upon it, / And clench'd her fingers till they bit the palm, / And shriek'd out 'traitor' to the unhearing wall, […]”

6. isim The corresponding part of the forefoot of a nonprimate mammal.
7. isim Synonym of hand, any of various units of length notionally derived from the breadth of the palm, formalized in England as 4 inches and now chiefly used for the height of horses

   “He found it to be ninety-five fathoms wide, and five palms deep at a place of average depth”

8. isim Any of various units of length notionally derived from the length of the palm from the wrist to the base of the fingers.
9. isim A metallic disk attached to a strap and worn in the palm of the hand; used to push the needle through the canvas, in sewing sails, etc.
10. isim The broad flattened part of an antler, as of a full-grown fallow deer; so called as resembling the palm of the hand with its protruding fingers.

    “They watched until the younger bull received a second cut, this one on his flank from a point on the brow palm that would have impaled him if he hadn't jumped out of the way.”

11. isim The flat inner face of an anchor fluke.
12. fiil To hold or conceal something in the palm of the hand, e.g., for an act of sleight of hand or to steal something.
13. fiil To hold something without bending the fingers significantly.

    “John palmed the ball.”

14. fiil To move something with the palm of the hand.

    “The home side's goalkeeper Asmir Begovic managed to palm the drive on to the post but the sheer pace of the shot forced the ball into the net.”

15. fiil To use one's palm as identification to get through a door or security checkpoint.

    “I palmed in to work.”

16. fiil To bribe.

    “He never again appeared in the house where practices of this description are carried on every night, and where officers of the police are palmed (bribed) for their forbearance.”

17. özel isim A surname mainly of Scandinavian origin.
18. isim Alternative letter-case form of palm.
19. özel isim Acronym of Patent Application Locating and Monitoring.