1. Any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb)
   "her fingers were long and thin"
    
2. The length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure
   "The carpenter marked the wood at intervals of one finger";
   - fingerbreadth, finger's breadth, digit
    
3. One of the parts of a glove that provides covering for a finger or thumb
   "The glove's finger was torn, exposing her skin to the cold"

1. Feel or handle with the fingers
   "finger the binding of the book";
   - thumb
    
2. Examine by touch
   "The customer fingered the sweater";
   - feel
    
3. [informal] Recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something
   "She fingered the man on the 'wanted' poster";
   - identify, place
    
4. Indicate the fingering for the playing of musical scores for keyboard instruments
   "The piano teacher fingered the difficult passage in the sonata"
    
5. [informal] Search for on the computer
   "I fingered my boss and found that he is not logged on in the afternoons"
    
6. [informal] Sexually stimulate using a finger or fingers
   "He fingered her gently";

Derived forms: fingers, fingered, fingering

Type of: covering, dactyl, designate, determine, digit, examine, extremity, indicate, linear measure, linear unit, look for, point, search, see, seek, set, show, touch

Part of: glove, hand, manus, mitt, paw [informal]

Encyclopedia: Finger, North Carolina