English to English Dictionary - Meaning of Thumb in English is : finger, flick, hitchhike, leaf, pollex, feel, hitch, riffle, flip, handle, manipulate, ovolo, skim, touch, browse, forefinger, hitch a ride, leaf through, paw, scan,

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Word	Thumb
	the thick short innermost digit of the forelimb / a convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse / The short, thick first digit of the human hand, differing from the other fingers in having but two phalanges / the short thick finger on your hand / the short, thick first digit of the human hand, set lower and apart from the other four and opposable to them.,

Usage	⇒ Ekalavya gave his thumb as guru dakshina to Dronacharya ⇒ The most commonly affected digits are the thumb and index finger.
Synonyms	finger, flick, hitchhike, leaf, pollex, feel, hitch, riffle, flip, handle, manipulate, ovolo, skim, touch, browse, forefinger, hitch a ride, leaf through, paw, scan,
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Synonyms explanation is given below :

Browse

graze, crop, scan, shop, skim, dip into, glance, peruse, browsing, dip, flip through,

I browsed through a magazine before entering the examination hall / How now, brown cow, browsing in the green, green grass. I remember lines of verse that I ...

Feel

sense, touch, feeling, perceive, handle, experience, finger, taste, fumble, grope, know,

Can you feel the tension in this room ? You will feel better after taking this medicine We all felt that the boss is a good person The boss feels that he is ...

Finger

touch, feel, handle, manipulate, identify, paw, digit, palpate, thumb, extremity, grope,

He has six fingers on one hand / she raked her hair back with her fingers / I have ten fingers

Flick

picture, movie, film, motion picture, snap, flip, jerk, moving picture, tick, brush,

He flicked the curtains to remove dust / One afternoon, a bird flicked out of the bushes. / The horse needed no encouragement; only one flick of the whip was...

Flip

impudent, insolent, toss, flippant, disrespectful, impertinent, saucy, throw, flick,

He flipped the chair on the ground / She was sitting in the waiting room, flipping the pages of a magazine. / How good a road is going to be depends on how t...

Forefinger

index, finger, index finger, digit, first finger, thumb, pointer, antenna, feeler,

He broke his forefinger / He holds up his hand, the little finger and the forefinger extended.

Handle

manage, control, manipulate, deal with, direct, operate, supervise, administer, feel,

the pan features helpful lifting handles / Jacob can handle that situation very well / I handle all the complaints from customers / do not handle the goods

Hitch

snag, hindrance, obstruction, impediment, obstacle, catch, check, difficulty, fasten, tie,

everything went without a hitch

Hitchhike

hitch, thumb, ride, buck, flick, flip, bum a ride, catch, finger, hitch-hike, jerk,

he dropped out in 1976 and hitchhiked west

Leaf

sheet, leaflet, blade, needle, folio, foliage, riffle, page, skin, thumb, coat, flick,

Leaf of a plant or tree / The female Thrypticus deposits an egg in a water-hyacinth petiole - the stalk that attaches the leaf to the stem.

Manipulate

control, manage, handle, operate, manoeuvre, work, exploit, use, wield, ply, rig,

To manipulate the gears and levers of a machine / Madonna understands how to manipulate publicity and men. / The baby is learning to manipulate blocks. / he ...

Ovolo

thumb, quarter round, frieze, pollex, architectural ellipse, convex molding, quarter-round

Paw

hand, finger, claw, feel, fondle, molest, foot, manipulate, maul, touch, handle, hit,

Lion cubs have soft paws / The feet of the throne are modeled after large catlike paws without claws.

Pollex

thumb, finger, digit, inch, index, ovolo, all thumbs, awkward, butter-fingered,

Riffle

ripple, leaf, cockle, ruffle, wavelet, shuffle, thumb, flick, flip, jumble, leaf through,

Faintly, though not frequently, a riffle of doubt perturbs Krugman's chipmunk paeans to the Clinton Age.

Scan

examine, survey, inspect, scrutinize, skim, study, investigate, peruse, read, review,

They scanned his brain to detect the problem / a quick scan of the sports page / John always scans the newspaper everyday

Skim

scan, glide, brush, fly, graze, skip, browse, cream, skate, float, sail, slide, glance

Children always skim the cream from the milk / He skimmed the leaves from the pool. / a skim of ice / I only had time to skim through the chapter

Touch

stroke, hint, feel, affect, strike, trace, caress, move, pat, stir, suggestion, handle,

He longed for the touch of her hand / Please do not touch the statue. / her touch on his shoulder was hesitant

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