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finger is on the Basic English 850 List.
fight - finger - fire

Pronunciation change

Noun change

Singular
finger

Plural
fingers

 
A finger
  1. A finger is a long thin part of your hand that bends. Most people have four fingers and one thumb on each hand.
    He only uses one finger on the keyboard.

Verb change

Plain form
finger

Third-person singular
fingers

Past tense
fingered

Past participle
fingered

Present participle
fingering

  1. (transitive) If you finger something, you touch with your fingers it to see what it feels like.
  2. (transitive) If you finger someone, you tell the police that the person did something wrong.
  3. (transitive) (sex) If you finger a female, you use your fingers to penetrate or sexually stimulate their vulva or vagina.


Parts of the body (edit)
head ears - eyes - eyebrow - nose - mouth - lips - tongue - tooth (pl. teeth) - cheeks - chin
torso neck - throat - shoulders - chest - breasts - ribs - abdomen - pelvis - back
internal organs heart - lungs - liver - stomach - kidneys - intestines - bladder - ovaries - uterus/womb
extremities arms - hands - fingers - legs - feet - toes
sex organs penis - vagina - testicle - ovary - vulva