palm

1. 1.

   touch, lift, or hold with the hands

   “Don't handle the merchandise”

   Synonymshandle

   Broadertouch

   Narrowerfieldfumblemanipulatemanhandle

Other forms of palm

plural

palms·

past tense

palmed·

present participle

palming·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about palm

What does palm mean?

palm means "the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in palm?

palm has 1 syllable: palm. In IPA it is /ˈpɑm/.

What is another word for palm?

Close synonyms include thenar, palm tree, decoration, laurel wreath, medal. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is palm a common word?

palm is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.