[
US
/ˈhænd/
]
[ UK /hˈænd/ ]
[ UK /hˈænd/ ]
NOUN
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a round of applause to signify approval
give the little lady a great big hand -
a position given by its location to the side of an object
objections were voiced on every hand -
a member of the crew of a ship
all hands on deck -
physical assistance
give me a hand with the chores -
a rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece
the big hand counts the minutes -
a unit of length equal to 4 inches; used in measuring horses
the horse stood 20 hands -
ability
he wanted to try his hand at singing -
terminal part of the forelimb in certain vertebrates (e.g. apes or kangaroos)
the kangaroo's forearms seem undeveloped but the powerful five-fingered hands are skilled at feinting and clouting -
a hired laborer on a farm or ranch
the hired hand fixed the railing
a ranch hand -
one of two sides of an issue
on the one hand..., but on the other hand... -
the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time
he kept trying to see my hand
I didn't hold a good hand all evening -
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
he extended his mitt
he had the hands of a surgeon -
a card player in a game of bridge
we need a 4th hand for bridge -
something written by hand
his hand was illegible
she recognized his handwriting
VERB
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place into the hands or custody of
He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers
hand me the spoon, please
Turn the files over to me, please -
guide or conduct or usher somewhere
hand the elderly lady into the taxi
How To Use hand In A Sentence
- The pain in his side was crushing, as if there was a steel hand in there relentlessly closing on an organ. THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS
- But then on the other hand, the whole cosmos or universe is based on this love or compassion.
- We carried spare water for the rad, a hand pump just in case the Dunlop pressure dropped, and maybe even a canister of petrol.
- When your bulbs arrive, or you buy them from the garden center, gather everyone together, hand out garden tools and start digging.
- Secondly, he makes the team too much money, raking in ticket and merchandise sales like crazy.
- The hat, I think the style was called fedora, had a dark band and a dint in the top, which my father would sometimes correct with a chopping action of his right hand.
- On the other hand, a blazer and slacks would probably be acceptable. Times, Sunday Times
- We had a gam one day, on this voyage, with a Yankee whale-ship, and a first-rate gam it was, for, as the Yankee had gammed three days before with another English ship, we got a lot of news second-hand; and, as we had not seen a new face for many months, we felt towards those Yankees like brothers, and swallowed all they had to tell us like men starving for news. Fighting the Whales
- It will also host the handball final and semifinals, wheelchair rugby and wheelchair basketball. Times, Sunday Times
- They missed it because they are too busy bootlicking ObamaCare, on their hands and knees. Political Instability and the Coming Defeat of ObamaCare | RedState
