palm

palm1 [ palm, pam ] noun count **

1. ) the inside part of your hand, between your fingers and your wrist:

She sat waiting, resting her chin in the palm of her hand.

The captain slapped his palm on the desk.

2. ) a PALM TREE or a large plant similar to a palm tree:

a beach of white sand fringed with coconut palms

have someone in the palm of your hand

to have complete power over someone so that they do what you tell them to do:

He had the audience in the palm of his hand.

read someone's palm

to claim to be able to tell what will happen to someone in the future by examining the palm of their hand

palm

palm 2 [ palm, pam ] verb transitive

to take and hide something in the palm of your hand

,palm `off phrasal verb transitive INFORMAL

to get rid of someone or something that you do not want, by persuading someone else to take or buy them from you