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 Definitions for Fingering: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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.
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Let the papers lie;
You would be fingering them to anger me. --Shak.
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2. To touch lightly; to toy with.
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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.
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4. To take thievishly; to pilfer; to purloin. --Shak.
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5. To execute, as any delicate work.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Fingering \Fin"ger*ing\, n.
1. The act or process of handling or touching with the
fingers.
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The mere sight and fingering of money. --Grew.
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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.
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3. The marking of the notes of a piece of music to guide or
regulate the action or use of the fingers.
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4. Delicate work made with the fingers. --Spenser.
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WordNet (r) 2.0
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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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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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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