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Hand
hand
- the end part of a person's arm beyond the wrist, including the palm, fingers, and thumb
"he was leading her by the hand"
- a prehensile organ resembling the hand and forming the end part of a limb of various mammals, such as that on all four limbs of a monkey
- a person's arm, including the hand
"that dog bite me on mi hand, right below the elbow"
- operated by or held in the hand
"hand luggage"
- done or made manually rather than by machine
"hand signals"
- a round of applause
"his fans gave him a big hand"
- a person's handwriting
"he inscribed the statement in a bold hand"
- a pledge of marriage by a woman
"he wrote to request the hand of her daughter in marriage"
- a pointer on a clock or watch indicating the passing of units of time
"the second hand"
- used in reference to the power to direct something
"the day-to-day running of the house was in her hands"
- an active role in achieving or influencing something
"he had a big hand in organizing the event"
- help in doing something
"do you need a hand?"
- a person's workmanship, especially in artistic work
"his idiosyncratic hand"
- a person who does something to a specified standard
"I'm a great hand at inventing"
- a person who engages in manual labour, especially in a factory, on a farm, or on board a ship
"a factory hand"
worker factory worker manual worker unskilled worker blue-collar worker workman workwoman workperson working man labourer operative hired hand hireling roustabout employee artisan - the set of cards dealt to a player in a card game
"he's got a good hand"
- a round or short spell of play in a card game
"they played a hand of whist"
- the cards held by a declarer as opposed to those in the dummy
"declarer won in hand and led ♣J"
- a unit of measurement of a horse's height, equal to 4 inches (10.16 cm)
- a bunch of bananas
"mottled hands of bananas"
- a forehock of pork
- pick (something) up and give it to (someone)
"he handed each man a glass"
- make (abusive, untrue, or otherwise objectionable remarks) to (someone)
"all the yarns she'd been handing me"
- hold the hand of (someone) in order to guide them in a specified direction
"he handed them into the carriage"
- take in or furl (a sail)
"hand in the main!"