4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Finger \Fin"ger\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fingered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fingering}.] 1. To touch with the fingers; to handle; to meddle with. [1913 Webster] Let the papers lie; You would be fingering them to anger me. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To touch lightly; to toy with. [1913 Webster] 3. (Mus.) (a) To perform on an instrument of music. (b) To mark the notes of (a piece of music) so as to guide the fingers in playing. [1913 Webster] 4. To take thievishly; to pilfer; to purloin. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 5. To execute, as any delicate work. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Fingering \Fin"ger*ing\, n. 1. The act or process of handling or touching with the fingers. [1913 Webster] The mere sight and fingering of money. --Grew. [1913 Webster] 2. The manner of using the fingers in playing or striking the keys of an instrument of music; movement or management of the fingers in playing on a musical instrument, in typewriting, etc. [1913 Webster] 3. The marking of the notes of a piece of music to guide or regulate the action or use of the fingers. [1913 Webster] 4. Delicate work made with the fingers. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: fingering n 1: the placement of the fingers for playing different notes (or sequences of notes) on a musical instrument 2: touching something with the fingers From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 57 Moby Thesaurus words for "fingering": cantando, caressing, characterization, demilegato, denomination, denotation, designation, differentiation, disclosure, execution, expression, feeling, friction, frottage, glissando, handling, hint, identification, indication, indicativeness, intonation, legato, manifestation, manipulation, meaning, mezzo staccato, music-making, naming, palpation, parlando, performance, petting, pianism, picking out, pizzicato, pointing, pointing out, pointing to, pressure, rendering, rendition, repercussion, rubato, rubbing, selection, show, showing, signification, slur, specification, spiccato, staccato, stroking, suggestion, symptomaticness, touch, touching
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