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Palm

noun

The inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers. Synonym: thenar.

A linear unit based on the length or width of the human hand.

Any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves. Synonym: palm tree.

An award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event. Synonyms: decoration, laurel wreath, medal, medallion, ribbon.

verb

(past & past part. palmed; pres. part. palming)

Touch, lift, or hold with the hands. Synonym: handle.

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"Palm" Quotes from Famous Books

... said. 'I do not regret leaving the land of palm trees, for my mother is dead, and Simaghan was ...

— The Worlds Greatest Books - Vol. II: Fiction • Arthur Mee, J. A. Hammerton, Eds.

... nauseated with that deathly sickness that only an earthquake gives, and he dropped breathlessly in the shelter of a date palm while the earth beneath him rolled and groaned in agony. A deeper roar was rising above all other sounds, and Connell looked up at the nearby top ...

— Astounding Stories, March, 1931 • Various

... ground to rest, and began to converse. But on noticing the block newly-polished and brilliantly clear, which had moreover contracted in dimensions, and become no larger than the pendant of a fan, they were greatly filled with admiration. The Buddhist priest picked it up, and laid it in the palm of his hand. ...

— Hung Lou Meng, Book I • Cao Xueqin

... the parlour window, and in the dim light filtering through the blind, looked at the coin lying in his palm. It was a half-sovereign. He slipped it into his pocket. She stood a little on one side, with her head drooping, as if wounded; with her arms hanging passive by her side, as ...

— To-morrow • Joseph Conrad

... independent power when Marianne came home from school. Having studied music and modern languages, who could have suspected in Marianne either the desire or the will to manage a ranch, but to Marianne the necessity for following the course she took was as plain as the palm of an open hand. The big estate, once such a money-maker, was now losing. Her father had lost his grip and could not manage his own affairs, but who had ever heard of a hired man being called to run the Jordan business as long as there was a Jordan alive? She, Marianne, was very much ...

— Alcatraz • Max Brand

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