thumbed

An archaic adjective meaning 'having a thumb' or 'marked by the thumb,' now rarely used except in compound forms like 'well-thumbed' or 'green-thumbed'.

• 🇵🇹Adjetivo pouco usado que significa 'que tem polegar' ou 'marcado com o polegar', hoje raro fora de formas compostas como 'well-thumbed' (muito manuseado, gasto pelo uso) ou 'green-thumbed' (com jeito para plantas).

1. Worn or soiled by handling B2 formal

   Describes pages or books that have become worn, dirty, or marked from being frequently handled or turned by thumbs and fingers.

   • The library book was well-thumbed and had many dog-eared pages.
   • He pulled out a thumbed copy of the old novel from the shelf.
   • The pages of the dictionary were thumbed and stained from years of use.

   🇵🇹Gasto pelo uso

   Sinônimos: dog-earedfingeredgrubbymarkedsoiledworn

• more thumbed comparative form
• most thumbed superlative form

A verb meaning to press, touch, or manipulate something with the thumb, or to signal by sticking out the thumb.

• 🇵🇹Verbo que significa pressionar, tocar ou manipular algo com o polegar, ou fazer um sinal levantando o polegar. Também pode indicar folhear ou percorrer algo rapidamente.

1. Press with thumb B1 informal

   To press, touch, or manipulate something using the thumb.

   • He thumbed the button to start the machine.
   • She thumbed through the pages of the magazine.
   • He thumbed the remote control to change the channel.

   🇵🇹Pressionar com o polegar

   Sinônimos: manipulatepresspushtouch

2. Hitchhike B2 informal

   To travel by getting free rides from passing vehicles, typically by signaling with the thumb.

   • They thumbed a ride to the coast.
   • He thumbed his way across the country.
   • She thumbed a lift from a friendly truck driver.

   🇵🇹Viajar de carona

   Sinônimos: hitchhitchhike

3. Signal disapproval B2 informal

   To express disapproval or rejection by pointing the thumb downward.

   • The audience thumbed down the performance.
   • The committee thumbed the proposal.
   • Critics thumbed the movie as a failure.

   🇵🇹Demonstrar desaprovação

   Sinônimos: turn thumbs down

   Antônimos: approveendorse

• thumbed past participle
• thumbed past simple
• thumbing present participle
• thumbs third person singular