palm in Kannada ಕನ್ನಡ
palm in Kashmiri कॉशुर
palm in Sindhi سنڌي
palm in Tamil தமிழ்
palm in English
- palm⇄adj. palmlik.
- palm⇄expr. bear (or carry) off the palm, to be the victor; win.
Ex. He bore off the palm in both tennis and swimming. - palm⇄expr. grease (or oil) the palm of, to bribe.
Ex. He avoided jail by greasing the palm of corrupt police officials. - palm⇄expr. have an itching palm, to be greedy for money.
Ex. Cassius, you yourself Are much condemn'd to have an itching palm (Shakespeare). - palm⇄expr. in the palm of one's hand, under one's complete control.
Ex. The young American soprano, making her stadium debut, held the audience in the palm of her hand (New York Times). - palm⇄expr. palm off, to pass off or get accepted by tricks, fraud, or false representation.
Ex. to palm off spurious things as genuine. - palm⇄expr. yield the palm to, to admit defeat by; defer to.
Ex. He cannot make a speech--in this he yields the palm to Protagoras (Benjamin Jowett). - palm⇄gingerbread tree orpalm,doum palm.
- palm⇄noun 1. the inside of the hand between the wrist and fingers.
Ex. It had now been established that no two human beings had the same palm prints (London Times).
2. a similar part of the forefoot of a four-footed animal.
3a. the width o - palm⇄palm (1), noun, verb.
- palm⇄palm (2), noun.
1a. any one of many kinds of trees and shrubs growing widely in warm climates, chiefly in the tropics. Most palms have tall trunks, no branches, and a bunch of leaves at the top, which are either fan-shaped or pinnate. Palms belong t - palm⇄v.t. 1. to conceal in the hand, especially in the palm with the hand down.
Ex. The magician palmed the nickel. Do you see that gambler over there at the table, palming the ace of clubs? (Newsweek).
2. to pass or get accepted (something not g