palm

Meaning

Noun

1. Any of various evergreen trees from the family Palmae or Arecaceae, which are mainly found in the tropics.
2. A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing.
3. Triumph; victory.
4. Any of 23 awards that can be earned after obtaining the Eagle Scout rank, but generally only before turning 18 years old.

Verb

1. To hold or conceal something in the palm of the hand, e.g, for an act of sleight of hand or to steal something.
2. To hold something without bending the fingers significantly.
3. To move something with the palm of the hand.
4. To use one's palm as identification to get through a door or security checkpoint.
5. (obsolete,slang) To bribe.

Concepts

palm

palm tree

hand

sole

palm of hand

palm of the hand

handle

lift

thenar

decoration

laurel wreath

medal

medallion

ribbon

metacarpus

palmtree

fortune-teller

palmist

instep

fob off on

foist on

force

impose

thrust

unload

palmar

equality

one’s intention

scope of one’s power

skill

length

longtitude

conceal

cover

hide

touch

carry

take

palmaceous

palmy

sole of the foot

hemp palm

palma

foot

footprint

frond

open hand

palm reader

line

palm-reader

fist

sago palm

coco

coconut

floor

handbreadth

handsbreadth

confer

hand over

coconut palm

five

all five fingers

fan palm

wood

raphia palm

cabbage

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɑːm/

Etymology

From Middle English palme, from Old English palm, palma (“palm-tree, palm-branch”), from Latin palma (“palm-tree, palm-branch, palm of the hand”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂meh₂, *pl̥h₂emeh₂ (“palm of the hand”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat”). Cognate with Dutch palm, German Palme, Danish palme, Icelandic pálmur (“palm”).