Definition of "palm"

palm¹

/pɑːm/

noun
plural palms
1. Any of various evergreen trees from the family Palmae or Arecaceae, which are mainly found in the tropics.
2. A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing.
  Quotations
  A great multitude […] stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palmes in their hands.
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Revelation 7:9
3. (figurative, by extension) Triumph; victory.
4. (scouting) Any of 23 awards that can be earned after obtaining the Eagle Scout rank, but generally only before turning 18 years old.

palm²

/pɑːm/

noun
plural palms
1. The inner and somewhat concave part of the human hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
  Quotations
  [She] flung herself / Down on the great King's couch, and writhed upon it, / And clench'd her fingers till they bit the palm, / And shriek'd out 'traitor' to the unhearing wall, […]
  1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Elaine”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], page 179
  The open palm of desire wants everything.
  1990 October 28, Paul Simon, “Further to Fly”, in The Rhythm of the Saints, Warner Bros.
2. The corresponding part of the forefoot of a lower mammal.
3. (historical) Synonym of hand, any of various units of length notionally derived from the breadth of the palm, formalized in England as 4 inches and now chiefly used for the height of horses
  Quotations
  He found it to be ninety-five fathoms wide, and five palms deep at a place of average depth
  1931, Herbert Eugene Bolton, Outpost of Empire: The Story of the Founding of San Francisco
4. (historical) Any of various units of length notionally derived from the length of the palm from the wrist to the base of the fingers.
5. (sailmaking) A metallic disk attached to a strap and worn in the palm of the hand; used to push the needle through the canvas, in sewing sails, etc.
6. The broad flattened part of an antler, as of a full-grown fallow deer; so called as resembling the palm of the hand with its protruding fingers.
  Quotations
  They watched until the younger bull received a second cut, this one on his flank from a point on the brow palm that would have impaled him if he hadn't jumped out of the way.
  1999, Dana Stabenow, Hunter's Moon, page 168
7. (nautical) The flat inner face of an anchor fluke.
verb
third-person singular simple present palms, present participle palming, simple past and past participle palmed
1. To hold or conceal something in the palm of the hand, e.g, for an act of sleight of hand or to steal something.
2. To hold something without bending the fingers significantly.
3. To move something with the palm of the hand.
  Quotations
  The home side's goalkeeper Asmir Begovic managed to palm the drive on to the post but the sheer pace of the shot forced the ball into the net.
  2010 December 28, Marc Vesty, “Stoke 0 - 2 Fulham”, in BBC‎