Definitions
touch, lift, or hold with the hands
Word origin
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”).
Used in a sentence
“A great multitude […] stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palmes in their hands.”
“[She] flung herself / Down on the great King's couch, and writhed upon it, / And clench'd her fingers till they bit the palm, / And shriek'd out 'traitor' to the unhearing wall, […]”
“The open palm of desire wants everything.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues
01“Hand's inner surface”4 letters
02“Inside of a hand”4 letters
03“Inner hand surface”4 letters
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