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Palms; The Palm; Palm (disambiguation); Palms (album)

palm         
(palms, palming, palmed)
1.
A palm or a palm tree is a tree that grows in hot countries. It has long leaves growing at the top, and no branches.
N-COUNT
2.
The palm of your hand is the inside part.
Dornberg slapped the table with the palm of his hand...
He wiped his sweaty palm.
N-COUNT: usu poss N, N of n
3.
If you have someone or something in the palm of your hand, you have control over them.
Johnson thought he had the board of directors in the palm of his hand...
PHRASE: Ns inflect
palm         
palm1
¦ noun
1. (also palm tree) an unbranched evergreen tree with a crown of very long feathered or fan-shaped leaves, growing in tropical and warm regions. [Family Palmae: numerous species.]
2. a leaf of a palm awarded as a prize or viewed as a symbol of victory.
Origin
OE palm(a), of Gmc origin, from L. palma 'palm (of a hand)', its leaf being likened to a spread hand.
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palm2
¦ noun
1. the inner surface of the hand between the wrist and fingers.
2. the palmate part of a deer's antler.
¦ verb
1. conceal (a small object) in the hand, especially as part of a trick.
2. (palm something off) informal sell or dispose of something by misrepresentation or fraud.
(palm someone off) persuade someone to accept something by deception.
3. deflect (a ball) with the palm of the hand.
Phrases
in the palm of one's hand under one's control or influence.
read someone's palm tell someone's fortune by looking at the lines on their palm.
Derivatives
palmar 'palm? adjective
-palmed adjective
palmful noun (plural palmfuls).
Origin
ME: from OFr. paume, from L. palma.
Palm         
·vt To Handle.
II. Palm ·noun The flat inner face of an anchor fluke.
III. Palm ·add. ·vt To "grease the palm" of; to bribe or tip.
IV. Palm ·noun Any endogenous tree of the order Palmae or Palmaceae; a palm tree.
V. Palm ·vt To impose by fraud, as by sleight of hand; to put by unfair means;
- usually with off.
VI. Palm ·noun A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing.
VII. Palm ·vt To manipulate with, or conceal in, the palm of the hand; to Juggle.
VIII. Palm ·noun Any symbol or token of superiority, success, or triumph; also, victory; triumph; supremacy.
IX. Palm ·noun The inner and somewhat concave part of the hand between the bases of the fingers and the wrist.
X. Palm ·noun A metallic disk, attached to a strap, and worn the palm of the hand, - used to push the needle through the canvas, in sewing sails, ·etc.
XI. Palm ·noun The broad flattened part of an antler, as of a full-grown fallow deer;
- so called as resembling the palm of the hand with its protruding fingers.
XII. Palm ·noun A lineal measure equal either to the breadth of the hand or to its length from the wrist to the ends of the fingers; a hand;
- used in measuring a horse's height.

Wikipedia

Palm

Palm most commonly refers to:

  • Palm of the hand, the central region of the front of the hand
  • Palm plants, of family Arecaceae
    • List of Arecaceae genera
  • Several other plants known as "palm"

Palm or Palms may also refer to:

Examples of use of Palm
1. Al–Nakheel Properties’ portfolio of real estate include the Palm Islands (Palm Jumeirah, Palm Jebel Ali, Palm Deira), The World Islands, Dubai Waterfront, The Gardens, Jumeirah Lake Towers, Discovery Gardens, Lost City, Jumeirah Islands, Jumeirah Village, The International City, Jewel of the Palm, The Palm Golden Mile, Palm Trump International Hotel and Tower, and Ibn Battuta Mall.
2. That surge in price has encouraged another enemy of the palm: the palm thief.
3. PALM SPRINGS, Calif. –– A moderate earthquake has shaken an area near Palm Springs, Calif.
4. Christians also use palm fronds in religious rituals on Palm Sunday.
5. Palm qualms Palm trees planted along a stretch of Ibn Gvirol Street have irked residents. .