| finger | | |
| n. (body) | 1. finger | any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb).; "her fingers were long and thin" |
| ~ pad | the fleshy cushion-like underside of an animal's foot or of a human's finger. |
| ~ hand, manus, mitt, paw | the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.; "he had the hands of a surgeon"; "he extended his mitt" |
| ~ dactyl, digit | a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates. |
| ~ extremity | that part of a limb that is farthest from the torso. |
| ~ fingertip | the end (tip) of a finger. |
| ~ pollex, thumb | the thick short innermost digit of the forelimb. |
| ~ forefinger, index finger, index | the finger next to the thumb. |
| ~ annualry, ring finger | the third finger (especially of the left hand). |
| ~ middle finger | the second finger; between the index finger and the ring finger. |
| ~ little finger, pinkie, pinky | the finger farthest from the thumb. |
| ~ fingernail | the nail at the end of a finger. |
| ~ knuckle, knuckle joint, metacarpophalangeal joint | a joint of a finger when the fist is closed. |
| n. (quantity) | 2. digit, finger, finger's breadth, fingerbreadth | the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure. |
| ~ linear measure, linear unit | a unit of measurement of length. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. finger | one of the parts of a glove that provides covering for a finger or thumb. |
| ~ covering | an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it). |
| ~ glove | handwear: covers the hand and wrist. |
| v. (contact) | 4. finger, thumb | feel or handle with the fingers.; "finger the binding of the book" |
| ~ touch | make physical contact with, come in contact with.; "Touch the stone for good luck"; "She never touched her husband" |
| v. (contact) | 5. feel, finger | examine by touch.; "Feel this soft cloth!"; "The customer fingered the sweater" |
| ~ touch | make physical contact with, come in contact with.; "Touch the stone for good luck"; "She never touched her husband" |
| ~ feel | grope or feel in search of something.; "He felt for his wallet" |
| v. (contact) | 6. finger | search for on the computer.; "I fingered my boss and found that he is not logged on in the afternoons" |
| ~ look for, search, seek | try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of.; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county" |
| v. (communication) | 7. finger | indicate the fingering for the playing of musical scores for keyboard instruments. |
| ~ point, indicate, designate, show | indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively.; "I showed the customer the glove section"; "He pointed to the empty parking space"; "he indicated his opponents" |
| trigger | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. gun trigger, trigger | lever that activates the firing mechanism of a gun. |
| ~ gun | a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel). |
| ~ hair trigger | a gun trigger that responds with little pressure. |
| ~ lever | a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. trigger | a device that activates or releases or causes something to happen. |
| ~ device | an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose.; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water" |
| ~ plutonium pit, plutonium trigger | a steel or beryllium sphere containing plutonium 239 that triggers nuclear fission when compressed by explosives. |
| n. (act) | 3. induction, initiation, trigger | an act that sets in motion some course of events. |
| ~ causation, causing | the act of causing something to happen. |
| ~ instigation, fomentation | deliberate and intentional triggering (of trouble or discord). |
| v. (creation) | 4. activate, actuate, set off, spark, spark off, touch off, trigger, trigger off, trip | put in motion or move to act.; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits" |
| ~ come about, hap, happen, occur, take place, go on, fall out, pass off, pass | come to pass.; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" |
| ~ initiate, pioneer | take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of.; "This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants" |
| v. (competition) | 5. trigger | release or pull the trigger on.; "Trigger a gun" |
| ~ fire, discharge | cause to go off.; "fire a gun"; "fire a bullet" |
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