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- [pahm]
- /pɑm/
- /pɑːm/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [pahm]
- /pɑm/
Definitions of palm word
- noun palm any of numerous plants of the family Palmae, most species being tall, unbranched trees surmounted by a crown of large pinnate or palmately cleft leaves. Compare palm family. 1
- noun palm any of various other trees or shrubs that resemble this. 1
- noun palm a leaf or branch of such a tree, especially as formerly borne to signify victory or as used on festive occasions. 1
- noun palm a representation of such a leaf or branch, as on a military or other decoration of honor, usually indicating a second award of the decoration. 1
- noun palm the reward of honor due to a victor: In oratory she yields the palm to no one. 1
- noun palm victory; triumph; success: He carried off the palm by sheer perseverance. 1
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Origin of palm
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; < Latin palma (cognate with Old English folm hand); replacing Middle English paume < Middle French < Latin palma
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Parts of speech for Palm
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
palm popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
palm usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for palm
verb palm
- apperceive — to be aware of perceiving
- copped — to catch; nab.
- copping — the winding of yarn into a cap from a cone, bobbin, etc.
- cover up — If you cover something or someone up, you put something over them in order to protect or hide them.
- cribbing — the action of one that cribs
noun palm
- coronal — a circlet for the head; crown
- garland — Hamlin [ham-lin] /ˈhæm lɪn/ (Show IPA), 1860–1940, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and poet.
- gold star — a gold-colored star displayed, as on a service flag, to indicate that a member of one's family, organization, or the like, was killed in war as a member of the armed forces.
- hand — Learned [lur-nid] /ˈlɜr nɪd/ (Show IPA), 1872–1961, U.S. jurist.
- metacarpus — the part of a hand or forelimb, especially of its bony structure, included between the wrist, or carpus, and the fingers, or phalanges.
Antonyms for palm
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