Your fingers are the four long thin parts at the end of each hand.

The fingers of a glove are the parts that a person's fingers fit into.

A finger of something such as smoke or land is an amount of it that is shaped rather like a finger.

If you finger something, you touch or feel it with your fingers.

If you finger a person or organization, you tell someone, usually the police, that the person or organization has done something illegal or wrong.

A finger of a strong alcoholic drink is an amount of it which, when it is in a glass, is the same size as the width of a person's finger.

If you get your fingers burned or burn your fingers, you suffer because something you did or were involved in was a failure or a mistake.

If you cross your fingers, you put one finger on top of another and hope for good luck. If you say that someone is keeping their fingers crossed, you mean they are hoping for good luck.

If you say that someone did not lay a finger on a particular person or thing, you are emphasizing that they did not touch or harm them at all.

If you say that a person does not lift a finger or raise a finger to do something, especially to help someone, you are critical of them because they do nothing.

If you say that someone has a finger in every pie, you mean they are involved in a lot of things.

If you point the finger at someone or point an accusing finger at someone, you blame them or accuse them of doing wrong.

To point the finger of suspicion or blame at someone means to make people suspect them of doing wrong or blame them for doing wrong.

If you tell someone to pull their finger out or to get their finger out, you are telling them rudely that you want them to start doing some work or making an effort.

If you put your finger on something, for example a reason or problem, you see and identify exactly what it is.

If someone or something slips through your fingers, you just fail to catch them, get them, or keep them.