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palm
noun
the
flat
inner
part
of
your
hand
between
the
wrist
and
the
base
of
the
fingers
•
Maya
placed
the
delicate
butterfly
on
her
outstretched
palm
.
Maya
placed
the
delicate
butterfly
on
her
outstretched
palm
.
•
Sweat
gathered
in
his
palm
before
the
big
presentation
.
Sweat
gathered
in
his
palm
before
the
big
presentation
.
Old
English
‘
palm
’
from
Latin
‘
palma
’,
meaning
‘
palm
of
the
hand
’
and
later
extended
to
the
tree
because
its
wide
leaves
resembled
an
open
hand
.
noun
a
tall
tropical
tree
with
a
straight
trunk
and
a
crown
of
large
feather-like
leaves
•
A
row
of
palm
trees
swayed
gently
in
the
ocean
breeze
.
A
row
of
palm
trees
swayed
gently
in
the
ocean
breeze
.
•
Coconuts
dropped
from
a
towering
palm
during
the
storm
.
Coconuts
dropped
from
a
towering
palm
during
the
storm
.
The
name
for
the
tree
comes
from
Latin
‘
palma
’,
originally
‘
palm
of
the
hand
’,
given
because
the
spread
of
the
leaves
was
thought
to
look
like
fingers
.
verb
-
palm
,
palming
,
palms
,
palmed
to
hide
,
steal
,
or
move
something
by
concealing
it
in
the
palm
of
the
hand
•
The
magician
smoothly
palmed
the
coin
before
anyone
noticed
.
The
magician
smoothly
palmed
the
coin
before
anyone
noticed
.
•
She
was
caught
trying
to
palm
a
candy
bar
at
the
checkout
.
She
was
caught
trying
to
palm
a
candy
bar
at
the
checkout
.
Extension
of
the
noun
‘
palm
’;
first
used
in
the
1600s
to
describe
tricks
done
by
jugglers
and
thieves
who
hid
objects
in
the
hand
.
