thumb

English

/θʌm/

noun
Definitions
  • The short thick digit of the hand that for humans has the most mobility and can be made to oppose (moved to touch) all of the other fingers.
  • (computing) The part of a slider that may be moved linearly along the slider.
  • (colloquial) A thumbnail picture.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English thombe inherited from Old English þūma inherited from Proto-Germanic *þūmô (thumb) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *tūm- (swell, increase, grow).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*tūm-

Gloss

swell, increase, grow

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

殖

Emoji

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