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Definition: Thumb |
ThumbNoun1. The thick short innermost digit of the forelimb. 2. The part of a glove that provides a covering for the thumb. 3. A convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse. Verb1. Travel by getting free rides from motorists. 2. Look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume". 3. Feel or handle with the fingers; "finger the binding of the book". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "thumb" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
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Computing | Thumb n. The slider on a window-system scrollbar. So called because moving it allows you to browse through the contents of a text window in a way analogous to thumbing through a book. Source: Jargon File. |
Biographical Satire | THUMB, Thomas, a white pygmy who enriched himself through his misfortunes and the curiosity of the world. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914. |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of seeing a thumb, foretells that you will be the favorite of artful persons and uncertain fortune. If you are suffering from a sore thumb, you will lose in business, and your companions will prove disagreeable. To dream that you have no thumb, implies destitution and loneliness. If it seems unnaturally small, you will enjoy pleasure for a time. If abnormally large, your success will be rapid and brilliant. A soiled thumb indicates gratification of loose desires. If the thumb has a very long nail, you are liable to fall into evil through seeking strange pleasures. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Slang in 1811 | THUMB. By rule of thumb: to do any thing by dint of practice. To kiss one's thumb instead of the book; a vulgar expedient to avoid perjury in taking a false oath. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The opposable thumb
The thumb is the first finger on a hand. The human thumb is fully opposable to the tips of the other fingers in that it may position itself, and be folded inward, toward the rest of the hand and fingers, if so required.
In fact, it rotates at the carpometacarpal joint and so can complete the sometimes quite delicate task of grasping objects by pressing them against the rest of the hand or finger(s).
Grips
Typical 'interdigital' kinds of grip are, for example, the tips of thumb and second finger (forefinger/index finger) holding a pill or other small item, or thumb and sides of second and third fingers holding a pen or pencil (of course, not all people hold things in exactly the same way).
Evolution
The opposable or, as it is sometimes called, the prehensile thumb is usually associated with the evolution of homo habilis, the forerunner of homo sapiens (the human being of today). This, however, is the result of evolution from homo erectus (around 1 million years ago) via a series of intermediate anthropoid stages, and is therefore a much more complicated link.
The most important causes leading to the habile hand (and its thumb) is on the one hand, the freeing of the hands from their walking requirements - still so crucial for apes today, which in its turn was one of the consequences of the gradual pithecanthropoid and anthropoid adoption of the erect bipedal walking gait, and on the other hand the simultaneous development of a larger anthropoid brain in the later stages.
Other animals with opposable thumbs or digits
However, it may come as a surprise that many animals, primates and others, do in fact have some kind of opposable thumb without having reached the level and the attainments of other anthropoid beings.
Animals which have opposable thumbs or (big) toes:
See also anatomy.
- Panda -
opposable thumbPanda paws have five clawed fingers plus an extra bone that works like an opposable thumb. This "thumb" is not really a finger (like our thumb is). It is really an extra-long wrist bone that works like a thumb.- Koala - opposable toe on each foot, plus two opposable digits on each hand
- Opossum - opposable thumb
- Cebids (New World primates of Central and South America) - some have opposable thumbs
- Bornean Orangutan - opposable thumbs so that its forefeet are really like hands. The interdigital grip gives them the ability to pick fruit. They also have an opposable big toe.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Thumb."
Synonyms: ThumbSynonyms: ovolo (n), pollex (n), quarter round (n), finger (v), flick (v), flip (v), hitch (v), hitchhike (v), leaf (v), riff (v), riffle (v). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: thumbed (european union, medicine). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Acquisition | Get hold of, get between one's finger and thumb, get into one's hand, get at; take possession, come into possession, enter into possession. |
Authority | Have the upper hand, get the upper hand, have the whip, get the whip; gain a hold upon, preponderate, dominate, rule the roost; boss; override, overrule, overawe; lord it over, hold in hand, keep under, make a puppet of, lead by the nose, turn round one's little finger, bend to one's will, hold one's own, wear the breeches; have the ball at one's feet, have it all one's own way, have the game in one's own hand, have on the hip, have under one's thumb; be master of the situation; take the lead, play first fiddle, set the fashion; give the law to; carry with a high hand; lay down the law; "ride in the whirlwind and direct the storm"; rule with a rod of iron; (severity). |
Disrespect | Speak slightingly of; disparage; (dispraise); vilipend, vilify, call names; throw dirt, fling dirt; drag through the mud, point at, indulge in personalities; make mouths, make faces; bite the thumb; take by the beard; pluck by the beard; toss in a blanket, tar and feather. |
Essay | Adverb: experimentally; Adjective:; on trial, at a venture; by rule of thumb. if one may be so bold. |
Experiment | Empiricism, rule of thumb. |
Learning | Read, spell, peruse; con over, pore over, thumb over; wade through; dip into; run the eye over, run the eye through; turn over the leaves. |
Littleness | Dwarf, pygmy, pigmy, Liliputian, chit, pigwidgeon, urchin, elf; atomy, dandiprat; doll, puppet; Tom Thumb, Hop-o'-my-thumb; manikin, mannikin; homunculus, dapperling,dwarf, pygmy, pigmy, Liliputian, chit, pigwidgeon, urchin, elf; atomy, dandiprat; doll, puppet; Tom Thumb, Hop-o'-my-thumb; manikin, mannikin; homunculus, dapperling, cock-sparrow. |
Reasoning, | Noun: intuition, instinct, association, hunch, gut feeling; presentiment, premonition; rule of thumb;Noun: intuition, instinct, association, hunch, gut feeling; presentiment, premonition; rule of thumb; superstition; astrology; faith (supposition). |
Resentment | Pout, knit the brow, frown, scowl, lower, snarl, growl, gnarl, gnash, snap; redden, color; look black, look black as thunder, look daggers; bite one's thumb; show one's teeth, grind one's teeth; champ the bit, champ at the bit. |
Subjection | Adjective: subject, dependent, subordinate; feudal, feudatory; in subjection to, under control; in leading strings, in harness; subjected, enslaved; Verb: constrained; downtrodden; overborne, overwhelmed; under the lash, on the hip, led by the nose, henpecked; the puppet of, the sport of, the plaything of; under one's orders, under one's command, under one's thumb; a slave to; at the mercy of; in the power of, in the hands of, in the clutches of; at the feet of; at one's beck and call; (obedient); liable; parasitical; stipendiary. |
Touch | Verb: touch, feel, handle, finger, thumb, paw, fumble, grope, grabble; twiddle, tweedle; pass the fingers over, run the fingers over; manipulate, wield; throw out a feeler. |
Hand, finger, forefinger, thumb, paw, feeler, antenna; palpus. | |
Unskillfulness | Absence of rule, rule of thumb; bungling; Verb: failure; screw loose: too many cooks. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | You had that crowd under your thumb. (Where the Boys Aren't 7; writing credit: Ariel Hart) Do you bite your thumb at me, sir (Romeo + Juliet; writing credit: Craig Pearce) You can take your thumb out of my ass any time now, Carmine (Animal House; writing credit: Harold Ramis; Douglas Kenney) Rocky bit my thumb. He's nervous (Christmas Vacation; writing credit: John Hughes) If you keep 'em under your thumb, they'll never end up in the gutter (A Goofy Movie; writing credit: Jymn Magon; Chris Matheson) | |
Lyrics | Aposable thumb (Man (Opposable Thumb); performing artist: The Residents) You got aposable thumb (Man (Opposable Thumb); performing artist: The Residents) I cut my nails and I quiver my thumb ("Great Balls of Fire"; performing artist: Jerry Lee Lewis) Got his guitar picking thumb (Rock the Casbah; performing artist: The Clash) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Thumb Tripping (1972) Mummy's Thumb (1966) I Was a Teenage Thumb (1963) Tom thumb (1958) Thumb Fun (1952) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Thumb with skin ulcer of tularemia. Credit: CDC. |  | Lesion of cat-scratch disease, skin of thumb. Credit: CDC. |
 | The Devil's Thumb in the center with Mount Burkett to the left. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Baird Glacier to left, Mount Burkett, and Devil's Thumb as seen from Thomas Bay. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | He put in his thumb and he pulled out a plum --. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Peter Cooper's Tom Thumb. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | General Tom Thumb's grand wedding march, composed by E. Mack. Respectfully dedicated to General Tom Thumb & lady / T. (?) Sinclair lith., Phila. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Tom Thumb, full-length portrait, facing front, standing on table with tablecloth. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | The Thumb Nail & Turnip Rock, Pointe aux Barques. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | World's Fair, Railroad Building. Pageant, the Tom Thumb. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Thumbs up!" by Carlos Gustavo Curado Commentary: "My thumb." | "Dreameyes" by Peter Skadberg Commentary: "A baby sucking thumb black and white." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
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 | Simple mbira melody; thumb piano. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | I hung my head, and put a thumb into my mouth, to the evident delight of the little fellow |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The driver stopped, winked, and reached his left hand towards Marius, rubbing his forefinger gently with his thumb. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | A louse crawled over the nape of his neck and, putting his thumb and forefinger deftly beneath his loose collar, he caught it. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | He gathered some little rocks from the ground and shot them like marbles, with his thumb. |
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Health | Typically, the tremor takes the form of a rhythmic back-and-forth motion of the thumb and forefinger at three beats per second. (references) | |
A tunnel of bones and ligaments in the wrist narrows, pinching nerves that reach the fingers and the muscle at the base of the thumb. (references) | ||
Business | As a rule of thumb, and to avoid confusion, industries are expected to adhere to the most stringent set of standards. (references) | |
Economic History | Korea | The rule of thumb for trial date is first come, first served; petitions are filed by date with the trial dates occurring in order of the date of petition. (references) |
Human Rights | Indonesia | For example, a suspected GAM member told HRW that a joint security force of police, Brimob, and military arrested and blindfolded him on April 2. He said that his interrogators "used pliers to pull the nail off his left thumb, punctured his nose, and caused other scars on his forearm and nipple." Methods of torture documented in the past include beating, whipping, electric shock, and rape. (references) |
Trade | Hungary | The exact percentage varies according to the product in question, with 50-60 percent a very broad rule of thumb. (references) |
Travel | Saudi Arabia | One to three cups of Saudi coffee should be taken for politeness, after which the cup should be wiggled between thumb and forefinger when returning it to the server to indicate that you have finished. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Joan Lunden | Well, I think we had talked so you know I was looking to get off that morning shift, but the time came where, you know, there were people that came in and new regime. Everybody wanted to put their own thumb prints on something. |
Rush Limbaugh | The Boy Scouts could crush Canada with zero casualties, yet we let them opt to keep welcoming in terrorists and to thumb their noses at us on Iraq. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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George Bush | 1989-1993 | One year, one year ago the people of Panama lived in fear under the thumb of a dictator. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Thumb" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 97.69% of the time. "Thumb" is used about 1,081 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 97.69% | 1,056 | 7,085 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 1.11% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.65% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.55% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,081 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "thumb": be under thumb ♦ by rule of thumb ♦ get under one's thumb ♦ green thumb ♦ have green thumb ♦ have smb. under one's thumb ♦ have under one's thumb ♦ knurled thumb screw ♦ Lady's thumb ♦ Miller's thumb ♦ rule of thumb ♦ stave of the thumb ♦ suck one's thumb ♦ thumb a car ♦ thumb a lift ♦ thumb a ride ♦ Thumb band ♦ Thumb blue ♦ thumb down ♦ thumb index ♦ thumb knot ♦ Thumb latch ♦ thumb mark ♦ thumb nut ♦ thumb one's nose at smb. ♦ Thumb ring ♦ thumb screw ♦ thumb sketch ♦ thumb smb.'s. nose at smb. ♦ Thumb stall ♦ thumb tack ♦ thumb through ♦ thumb wheel ♦ To bite the thumb at ♦ tom thumb ♦ under ones thumb ♦ under one's thumb ♦ under the thumb of. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "thumb": thumb-cocked, thumb-indented, thumb-knuckle, thumb-mark, thumb-marked, thumb-nail, thumb-nail sketch, thumb-nails, thumb-operated, thumb-picked, thumb-pluck, thumb-print, thumb-rest, thumb-riding, thumb-screw, thumb-screwing, thumb-stall, thumb-sucking, thumb-tack, thumb-typed, thumb-wind. | |
Ending with "thumb": rule-of-thumb. | |
Containing "thumb": sore-thumb-ski-bums. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
asian thumb | 8,267 | thumb plus | 304 |
mad thumb | 2,968 | porn thumb | 279 |
thumb | 2,639 | thumb up | 275 |
free thumb | 1,934 | rustys thumb | 271 |
jjj thumb | 1,318 | foxy thumb | 251 |
bang thumb | 1,207 | the hun thumb | 243 |
library of thumb | 1,164 | gay thumb | 241 |
teen thumb | 631 | free gay thumb | 238 |
sublime thumb | 602 | thumb drive | 233 |
mature thumb | 540 | free thumb gallery | 213 |
jjjs thumb | 534 | older thumb | 209 |
smashing thumb | 417 | free asian thumb | 208 |
free sex thumb | 405 | free teen thumb | 207 |
hun thumb up | 405 | thumb gallery | 206 |
tom thumb | 370 | nude thumb | 203 |
free porn thumb | 370 | interracial thumb | 201 |
sex thumb | 366 | blue thumb | 200 |
free xxx thumb | 358 | granny thumb | 199 |
latin thumb | 347 | thumb sucking | 198 |
xxx thumb | 310 | free nude thumb | 192 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "thumb"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | duim. (various references) | |
Albanian | shfletoj (browse, flip, leaf), njolloj (blemish, blot, blur, smear, spot, stain, sully), gisht i madh i dorës, gisht i madh. (various references) | |
Arabic | قلب الصفحات, تصفح (browse, laminate, look into, look over, page, peruse, read through, scan, skim, turn over), إبهام اليد. (various references) | |
Basque | hatzandi. (various references) | |
Blackfoot | omahkookitsis. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | свиря небрежно, отбелязвам с палец, боравя несръчно с, прелиствам страници, палец (cam, cog, finger, locking-finger, pawl, pollex), изпълнявам небрежно. (various references) | |
Chinese | 拇指 . (various references) | |
Cornish | býs brás. (various references) | |
Czech | pošpinit (besmirch, blemish, defile, soil, spatter, stain, taint, tarnish), palec (big toe, cog, in, inch), omakat, listovat (browse). (various references) | |
Danish | tommelfinger. (various references) | |
Dutch | duim (inch). (various references) | |
Esperanto | polekso, dikfingro. (various references) | |
Faeroese | tummil. (various references) | |
Farsi | شست , باشست لمس کردن یاساءیدن . (various references) | |
Finnish | peukalo. (various references) | |
French | pouce. (various references) | |
Frisian | tomme. (various references) | |
German | Daumen (thumbs). (various references) | |
Greek | αντίχειρας. (various references) | |
Hebrew | לדפדף (browse, leaf, riffle, turn pages), אליון (big toe), אגודל (big toe), בהן (in them, toe). (various references) | |
Hungarian | hüvelykujj. (various references) | |
Indonesian | jempol, ibu jari. (various references) | |
Inuktitut | kullu. (various references) | |
Irish | ordóg. (various references) | |
Italian | pollice (inch, tappets, thumbs). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 親指 , 親指 , 拇指 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | おやゆび, ぼし (epitaph, inscription on a tomb, mother and child). (various references) | |
Korean | 엄지. (various references) | |
Manx | mairaghey (finger, fingering, strum, strumming). (various references) | |
Maya | na' kab. (various references) | |
Mohawk | oweyonhkara. (various references) | |
Norwegian | tommelfinger. (various references) | |
Occitan | poce. (various references) | |
Papiamen | dùim (inch). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | umbthay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | polegar. (various references) | |
Romanian | degetul mare. (various references) | |
Romany | baròo angooshtoo. (various references) | |
Russian | захватать, листать, бо�, большойпалец, большой палец...поворотный, большой палец. (various references) | |
Scottish | òrdag (big toe). (various references) | |
Sepedi | mankgogoropo. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | putovati autostopom, palac (big toe, inch). (various references) | |
Shona | chigunwe. (various references) | |
Spanish | pulgar. (various references) | |
Swazi | sí-tfupha. (various references) | |
Swedish | tumme. (various references) | |
Tagalog | hinlalakí. (various references) | |
Thai | นิ้วหัวแม่มือ. (various references) | |
Turkish | yıpratmak (age, batter, chafe, corrode, fray, fray out, frazzle, fret, wear, wear away, wear down), parmağıyla çevirmek, baxparmak, başparmak. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | розрівнювати, великий палець, обмацувати (grope), заялозити (daggle). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | ngón tay cái ngón tay cái của găng tay bị ai thống trị, bị ai kiềm chế. (various references) | |
Welsh | bodio (finger), bawd (toe). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | pollex. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Leviticus Chapter 14, Verse 28 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai epiqhsei o iereuV apo tou elaiou tou epi thV ceiroV autou epi ton lobon tou wtoV tou kaqarizomenou tou dexiou kai epi to akron thV ceiroV autou thV dexiaV kai epi to akron tou podoV autou tou dexiou epi ton topon tou aimatoV tou thV plhmmeleiaV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Tangetque extremum dextrae auriculae illius qui mundatur et pollices manus ac pedis dextri in loco sanguinis qui effusus est pro delicto |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And weet he the eende of the ryyt eere of hym that is clensid, and the thoumbes of the hoonde, and of the riyt foot, in the place of the blood that is shed out for trespas. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And the preast shall put of the oyle that is in his hande (apon the typpe of the righte eare of hi that is clensed, and apo the thombe of his righte hande and apon the great too of his righte fote: euen in the place where the bloude of the trespaceofferynge was put, |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And the priest shall put of the oil that is in his hand upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the place of the blood of the trespass offering: |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And the priest shall put of the oil that is in his hand upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the place of the blood of the trespass-offering. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And the priest will put some of the oil which is in his hand on the point of the ear of the man who is to be made clean and on the thumb of his right hand and on the great toe of his right foot, on the place where the blood of the offering for wrongdoing was put; |
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| Language | Leviticus Chapter 14, Verse 28 |
| Cebuano | Ug ang sacerdote magabutang sa lana nga anaa sa iyang kamot sa ibabaw sa langod-ngod sa dalunggan nga too niadtong pagahinloan, ug sa ibabaw sa kumalagko sa iyang kamot nga too, ug sa ibabaw sa kumalagko sa iyang tiil nga too, sa dapit sa dugo sa halad-tungod-sa-paglapas: |
| Croatian | Od ulja iz svoje ruke neka sveæenik, po krvi žrtve naknadnice, namaže resicu desnog uha, palac desne ruke i palac desne noge onoga koji se èisti. |
| Danish | Og af Olien, som er i hans Hånd, skal Præsten stryge noget på højre Øreflip af den, der skal renses, og på hans højre Tommelfinger og højre Tommeltå oven på Skyldofferets Blod. |
| Dutch | En de priester zal van de olie, die op zijn hand is, doen aan het lapje van het rechteroor desgenen, die te reinigen is, en aan den duim zijner rechterhand, en aan den groten teen zijns rechtervoets, op de plaats van het bloed des schuldoffers. |
| Finnish | Ja käteensä jäänyttä öljyä pappi sivelköön puhdistettavan oikeaan korvanlehteen sekä oikean käden peukaloon ja oikean jalan isoonvarpaaseen, siihen paikkaan, missä on vikauhrin verta. |
| German | Von dem übrigen aber in seiner Hand soll er dem Gereinigten auf den Knorpel seines rechten Ohrs und auf den Daumen seiner rechten Hand und auf die große Zehe seines rechten Fußes tun, oben auf das Blut des Schuldopfers. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Lalu sedikit minyak yang ada di tangannya harus dioleskan pada tempat-tempat yang sudah diolesi darah, yaitu pada cuping telinga kanan, ibu jari tangan kanan dan ibu jari kaki kanan orang yang akan dinyatakan bersih. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka dari pada minyak yang dalam tangannya hendaklah dibubuh imam pada cuping telinga kanan orang yang hendak disucikan, dan pada ibu tangannya kanan dan pada ibu kakinya kanan, pada tempat bekas korban karena salah itu. |
| Italian | Poi bagnerà con l'olio che tiene nella palma, il lobo dell'orecchio destro di colui che si purifica, il pollice della mano destra e l'alluce del piede destro, sul luogo dove ha messo il sangue del sacrificio di riparazione. |
| Maori | A ka pania e te tohunga tetahi wahi o te hinu i tona ringa ki te matamata o te taringa matau o te tangata e purea ana, ki te koromatua hoki o tona ringa matau, ki te koromatua ano hoki o tona waewae matau, ki te wahi i te toto o te whakahere mo te he: |
| Norwegian | Så skal presten stryke noget av oljen som han har i sin hånd, på den høire ørelapp på den som lar sig rense, og på hans høire tommelfinger og på hans høire stortå, ovenpå det sted hvor blodet av skyldofferet er. |
| Portuguese | igualmente, do azeite que está na mão, porá na ponta da orelha direita daquele que se há de purificar, e no dedo polegar da sua mão direita, e no dedo polegar do seu pé direito, em cima do lugar do sangue da oferta pela culpa; |
| Rumanian | Iar din untdelemnul din mkna lui, preotul sq punq pe marginea urechii drepte a celui ce se curqyewte, pe degetul cel mare al mknii drepte, wi pe degetul cel mare al piciorului drept, kn locul unde a pus din skngele jertfei pentru vinq. |
| Swedish | Och prästen skall med oljan som han har i sin hand bestryka högra örsnibben på den som skall renas, så ock tummen på hans högra hand och stortån på hans högra fot, ovanpå skuldoffersblodet. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "thumb": thumbed, thumbhole, thumbholes, thumbing, thumbkin, thumbkins, thumbnail, thumbnails, thumbnut, thumbnuts, thumbprint, thumbprints, thumbs, thumbscrew, thumbscrews, thumbsucker, thumbsuckers, thumbtack, thumbtacked, thumbtacking, thumbtacks, thumbwheel, thumbwheels. (additional references) | |
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"Thumb" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: humb, Khumba, rhumb, thab, thaum, thimb, thob, thom, thoob, thub, thube, thum, thumby, thume, thums, Tshombe, tumb. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "thumb" (pronounced thu"m) |
| 2 | -u" m | become, bum, mum, Mumm, numb, plum, Plumb, chum, come, crumb, cum, drum, dumb, from, glum, grum, gum, hum, Lum, rum, scum, slum, some, strum, Stum, succumb, sum, swum, um, umm, yum. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-h-m-t-u" | |
-1 letter: bhut. | |
-2 letters: bum, but, hub, hum, hut, mut, tub. | |
-3 letters: hm, mu, uh, um, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-h-m-t-u" | |
+1 letter: thumbs. | |
+2 letters: bethump, bismuth, thumbed. | |
+3 letters: badmouth, bethumps, bigmouth, bismuths, bothrium, humblest, subtheme, thrombus, thumbing, thumbkin, thumbnut. | |
+4 letters: badmouths, bethumped, bigmouths, bismuthic, bothriums, homebuilt, subthemes, thumbhole, thumbkins, thumbnail, thumbnuts, thumbtack. | |
+5 letters: ambushment, badmouthed, bethumping, bigmouthed, bushmaster, ethambutol, thimbleful, thumbholes, thumbnails, thumbprint, thumbscrew, thumbtacks, thumbwheel. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see cred | |
