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Meanings of thumb in English
Portuguese
pedir carona Catalan
fer autostop To try to get a ride in a passing vehicle while standing at the side of a road.
A convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse.
Usage of thumb in English
1
Different this time: left thumb to right toe, right thumb to left.
2
Likewise, the left thumb shall be bound to the right great toe.
3
I think the rule of thumb is to wait for 10 years.
4
The rule of thumb is to board 30 minutes prior to departure.
5
Keep the thumb erect; raise the first finger of the left hand.
6
Initially, the health minister threw out a thumb-suck figure of R259 billion.
7
A thumb injury was the basis of her initial troubles last year.
8
Now look with just your right eye - the thumb moved, right?
9
Lumley left his thumb-prints in the putty he stuck in his window-sash.
10
FICO's scoring technology has no doubt improved upon handcrafted rules of thumb.
11
Listen. And he jerked his thumb in the direction of the wainscot.
12
Your right thumb points in the direction of the angular velocity vector.
13
Cocked his thumb in a way that suggested need, but not desperation.
14
Then the cure steeped the thumb of St. Sergius in beef broth.
15
She jerked with a dirty thumb in the direction of the kitchen.
16
He jerked a dirty thumb in the direction of the chief clerk.
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Translations for thumb
Spanish
Thumb through the time
Thumb across language varieties
United States of America
Common
Australia
Common
United Kingdom
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