To identify or point out. Also put the finger on. To report to or identify for the authorities, rat on, rat out, squeal on, tattle on, turn in.
To use the fingers to penetrate and sexually stimulate one's own or another person's vagina or anus; to fingerbang.
To use specified finger positions in producing notes on a musical instrument.
To poke, probe, feel, or fondle with a finger or fingers.
To provide instructions in written music as to which fingers are to be used to produce particular notes or passages.
To query (a user's status) using the Finger protocol.
The projections of a reaper or mower which similarly separate the stalks for cutting.
One of the slender bony structures before the pectoral fins of gurnards and sea robins (Triglidae).
A unit of length notionally based on the length of an adult human's middle finger, standardized as 4½ inches (11.43 cm).
An informal measure of alcohol based on its height in a given glass compared to the width of the pourer's fingers while holding it.
That which points; an indicator, as of guilt, blame, or suspicion.
Something similar in function or agency to the human finger, (usually) with regard to touching, grasping, or pointing.
A part of a glove intended to cover a finger.
Finger-shaped pieces of food.
Synonym of jet bridge: the narrow elevated walkway connecting a plane to an airport.
A person.
An informer to the police, (especially) one who identifies a criminal during a lineup.
A tube extending from a sealed system, or sometimes into one in the case of a cold finger.
The lower, smaller segment of an arthropod claw.
Similar or similar-looking extremities in other animals
Various protruding plant structures, as a banana from its hand.
Something similar in shape to the human finger
A criminal who scouts for prospective victims and targets or who performs reconnaissance before a crime.
Synonym of digit: ¹⁄₁₂ the observed diameter of the sun or moon, (especially) with regard to eclipses.
An obscene or insulting gesture made by raising one's middle finger towards someone with the palm of one's hand facing inwards.
The teeth parallel to the blade of a scythe, fitted to a wooden frame called a crade.
A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb.
The act of fingering, inserting a finger into someone's vagina or rectum for sexual pleasure.
Any of the individual receivers used in a rake receiver to decode signal components.
A leaf in a finger tree data structure.
Something similarly extending, (especially) from a larger body
Synonym of digit: former units of measure notionally based on its width but variously standardized, (especially) the English digit of ¹⁄₁₆ foot (about 1.9 cm).
Someone skilled in the use of their fingers, (especially) a pickpocket.
One of the supporting structures of wings in birds, bats, etc. evolved from earlier toes or fingers.
Used to express what the speaker would do in another person's situation, as a means of giving a suggestion or recommendation.
Will be likely to (become or do something); indicates a degree of possibility or probability that the stated thing will happen or be true in the future.
Indicates that something is expected to have happened or to be the case now.
Used to express a conditional outcome.
With verbs such as 'see' or 'hear', usually in the second person, used to point out something remarkable in either a good or bad way.
To make a statement of what ought to be true, as opposed to reality.
Used to impart a tentative, conjectural or polite nuance.
Simple past tense of shall.
In questions, asks what is correct, proper, desirable, etc.
Used to issue an instruction (traditionally seen as carrying less force of authority than alternatives such as 'shall' or 'must').
Used to give advice or opinion that an action is, or would have been, beneficial or desirable.
Used to form a variant of the present subjunctive, expressing a state or action that is hypothetical, potential, mandated, etc.
Something that ought to be the case as opposed to already being the case.