thumb

/θʌm/

US pronunciation

American sound/θʌm/

thumb

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: Short u vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

US voice -> thumb

Myanmar meaning

(n) လက်မ

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thumb /θʌm/ n

(က) လက်မ။ ❍ HAND n
(ခ) (လက်အိတ်တွင်) လက်မအပိုင်း။
❏ thumb index n (လိုသည့်အက္ခရာ စသည် ရှာလွယ်အောင် စာအုပ်ဘေးသားတွင် နှိုက်ထား သော) လက်သည်းရာ။
❏ thumb a lift [IDM ] ယာဉ်မောင်းသူကို လက်မထောင်ပြပြီး အခမဲ့ အကြုံလိုက်ခွင့် တောင်းသည်။
❏ thumb one's nose at sb/sth [IDM ] နှာဝကို လက်မနှင့် တေ့ကာ မမှုကြောင်း၊ …ထင်ကြောင်းလုပ်ပြသည်။
❏ thumbs up/ down [IDM ] အောင်မြင်ကြောင်း၊ သဘောတူ ကြောင်း လက်မထောင်ပြခြင်း (သို့) ကန့်ကွက်ကြောင်း၊ ပယ်ချ ကြောင်း လက်မ အောက်စိုက်ပြခြင်း။ give sb/ sth the thumbs up ❍ I'm afraid it's thumbs down for your new proposal.
❏ thumb-tack n (US )= DRAWING-PIN
❏ thumb through sth [PHRV ] (စာအုပ်ကို) လှန်လှောကြည့်သည်။ thumbing through the dictionary. See also WELL- THUMBED
❏ under sb's thumb [IDM ] ကြိုးဆွဲရာကရသည်။ She's got him under her thumb.

More examples

She lifted the note carefully between finger and thumb.

Synonyms

TOE, abut, accost, address, adjoin, advise, antenna, appeal to, apperceive, apply to, be in contact, beseech, border, browse, browse through, brush, bum a ride, butt on, caress, check, check over, clasp, claw, clutch, come together, communicate, confer, consult, contact, converge, dab, digit, dip into, employ, entreat, examine, examine cursorily, explore, extremity, fang, feed, feel, feel one out, feel up, feeler, fiddle, finger, flick through, flip through, fondle, fork, form, frisk, fumble, get the cream, give a play, give a tumble, give the once over, glance, glance at, grapple, grasp, graze, greet, grip, grope, handle, handle physically, hit, hit the high spots, hitch, hold, hook, impinge upon, implore, index finger, inspect, inspect loosely, join, kiss, lay a finger on, leaf, leaf through, lick, line, look at, make advance, make overture, make request, make up to, manage, maneuver, manipulate, march, massage, maul, meddle, meet, mold, neighbor, nibble, once over lightly, operate, osculate, palm, palpate, partake, pass an eye over, pat, paw, perceive, percuss, peruse, pet, phalange, pick up, pinch, pinkie, pinky, play with, plead, ply, pointer, poke, press, probe, propose, push, reach, read, read here and there, riff, riff through, riffle, riffle through, ring finger, rub, run hands over, run through, scan, scrutinize, sense, shape, sip, skim, skip through, smooth, sound out, speak to, squeeze, strike, stroke, suck, suggestion, supplicate, survey, sweep, swing, tactile member, tag

Antonyms

abstain, answer, avoid, conceal, cower, depart, destroy, disbelieve, disjoin, disregard, distance, divide, fail, give, go away, hide, idle, ignore, leave, leave alone, let go, lose, manhandle, mismanage, miss, misuse, neglect, not carry, overlook, pass over, pore over, refrain, release, secrete, separate, shrink, shy away, suppress

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