Antonyms for palms

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : pahm

Phonetic Transcription : pɑm

Definition of palms

Origin : "flat of the hand," c.1300, from Old French palme (Modern French paume), from Latin palma "palm of the hand," also "flat end of an oar; palm tree," from PIE *pel- "to spread out; flat" (cf. Greek palame "open hand," Old Irish lam, Welsh llaw, Old English folm, Old High German folma "hand," Sanskrit panih "hand, hoof"). Palm oil is earlier in the punning sense of "bribe" (1620s) than in the literal sense of "oil from the fruit of the West African palm" (1705, from palm (n.2)).

As in trophy : noun physical award
As in blue ribbon : noun first place
As in garland : noun strand of material, usually hung
As in hand : noun appendage at end of human arm,
As in pass off : verb give because one does not want it
As in pilfer : verb steal, embezzle
As in secrete : verb hide
As in touch : verb make physical contact
As in palpate : verb touch
As in feel : verb touch, stroke
As in hold : verb have in one's hands, possession; grasp

Example sentences :

"She dwelt under the palm-tree;" or, as it might be rendered, in a forest of palms.
Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox

There was a tangle of undergrowth, and a heavy grove of palms.
Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael

Such, then, are the palms of victory which the gods give the just?
Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato

The palms, as we look at them, seem to lift their heads in solemn consciousness of it.
Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael

My palms became moist, and again and again I had to dry them with my handkerchief.
Extract from : « The Woman Thou Gavest Me » by Hall Caine

Wrap the skull muscles on with excelsior rolled in palms of hands.
Extract from : « Taxidermy » by Leon Luther Pray

He threw out his hands once more, palms up, and dropped them limply.
Extract from : « Hidden Water » by Dane Coolidge

She choked upon an importunate sob and dug nails into the palms of her hands.
Extract from : « Nobody » by Louis Joseph Vance

"He will succeed," she murmured, digging her nails into the palms of her hands.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 » by Various

At noon the three palms of the next place of call, up a sluggish river.
Extract from : « End of the Tether » by Joseph Conrad

Synonyms for palms

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