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Hand

hand

Hand definitions
noun
hand hands
  1. the end part of a person's arm beyond the wrist, including the palm, fingers, and thumb

    "he was leading her by the hand"

    fist palm
    • 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"

  2. a pointer on a clock or watch indicating the passing of units of time

    "the second hand"

  3. 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?"

  4. 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"

  5. 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
  6. 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"

  7. a unit of measurement of a horse's height, equal to 4 inches (10.16 cm)
  8. a bunch of bananas

    "mottled hands of bananas"

    • a forehock of pork
verb
hand handed handing hands
  1. pick (something) up and give it to (someone)

    "he handed each man a glass"

    pass give reach let someone have throw toss
    • make (abusive, untrue, or otherwise objectionable remarks) to (someone)

      "all the yarns she'd been handing me"

  2. hold the hand of (someone) in order to guide them in a specified direction

    "he handed them into the carriage"

    assist help aid give someone a hand give someone a helping hand give someone assistance
  3. take in or furl (a sail)

    "hand in the main!"