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thumb (EN)
Substantiv, Verb

Substantiv “thumb”

Sg. thumb, Pl. thumbs
  1. Daumen
    She used her thumb to press the button on the remote control.
  2. Schieberegler (in grafischen Benutzeroberflächen)
    Drag the thumb on the volume slider to the right to increase the sound.
  3. Thumbnail (kleine Bildvorschau)
    I scrolled through the video thumbs to find the tutorial I needed.

Verb “thumb”

Infinitiv thumb; er thumbs; Prät. thumbed; Part. thumbed; Ger. thumbing
  1. mit dem Daumen drücken
    She thumbed through the pages of the book, looking for the chapter she wanted to read.
  2. mit dem Daumen abnutzen (durch häufiges Berühren oder Handhaben)
    After reading her favorite book every night for a year, she had thumbed the pages until they were soft and worn.
  3. per Anhalter fahren (durch Herausstrecken des Daumens)
    After running out of gas in the middle of nowhere, we decided to thumb a ride to the nearest town.
  4. mit dem Daumen durchblättern
    She thumbed through the magazine quickly, looking for the article she wanted to read.