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Noun

1. The end part of a person's arm beyond the wrist, including the palm, fingers, and thumb.

Father and son put their hands palm to palm, separated by the glass.

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2. 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.

The creature was digging its tiny hands into a burnt log, and its face was covered in black soot.

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3. A person's arm, including the hand.

that dog bite me on mi hand, right below the elbow

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4. Operated by or held in the hand.

Use straw or foam sheets or a hand sprayer for disinfecting vehicle tyres.

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5. Done or made manually rather than by machine.

On at least one occasion tank commanders communicated with hand signals.

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6. A round of applause.

his fans gave him a big hand

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7. A person's handwriting.

Even fountain pens, though invented around 1884, were thought to be incompatible with a neat hand, and ballpoints were definitely the devil's invention.

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8. A pledge of marriage by a woman.

he wrote to request the hand of her daughter in marriage

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

Everywhere I looked were clocks without hands and forks without knives.

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10. (hands) Used in reference to the power to direct something.

the day-to-day running of the house was in her hands

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11. (usually a hand) An active role in achieving or influencing something.

he had a big hand in organizing the event

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12. (usually a hand) Help in doing something.

"Do you need a hand?" I ask.

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13. A person's workmanship, especially in artistic work.

Tyler attributes the strength of the work to the artist's hand.

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14. A person who does something to a specified standard.

I'm a great hand at inventing

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15. A person who engages in manual labour, especially in a factory, on a farm, or on board a ship.

a factory hand

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16. The set of cards dealt to a player in a card game.

It's like being dealt a hand of cards, before arranging them into suits.

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17. A round or short spell of play in a card game.

There is bad news today for any bald, guitar-playing Afghani who likes a hand of Bridge.

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18. The cards held by a declarer as opposed to those in the dummy.

declarer won in hand and led ♣J

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19. A unit of measurement of a horse's height, equal to 4 inches (10.16 cm).

How many hands high was Secretariat?

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20. A bunch of bananas.

I was late for work this morning because I had to call into Tesco's on the way, to buy a hand of bananas and some custard.

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21. A forehock of pork.

Remove the hand of pork from the forequarter by a cut through the arm knuckle (between the blade bone and arm bone).

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Verb

1. Pick (something) up and give it to (someone)

I handed the trowel back to him

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2. Make (abusive, untrue, or otherwise objectionable remarks) to (someone)

The leaders at Rome who favored action were thus handed an insult they could use to win support.

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3. Hold the hand of (someone) in order to guide them in a specified direction.

he handed them into the carriage

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4. Take in or furl (a sail)

Hand in the main!

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Hand in

1. (hand something in, hand in something) Give something to a person in authority for their attention.

Several people have handed the letters in to Gardaí, he told The Kingdom.

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Hand off

1. (hand someone off, hand off someone) Push away a tackling opponent with one's hand.

Davies handed off his man and released flanker and man of the match Tom Hocking for a charge up the touchline.

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Hand round

1. (hand something round, hand round something) Offer something to each of a number of people in turn.

a big box of chocolates was handed round

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Hand out

1. (hand something out, hand out something) Give a share of something or one of a set of things to each of a number of people; distribute.

Also, better yet, ingratiate your gaming buddies big time by handing bunches of them out.

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2. (hand something out, hand out something) Impose or inflict a penalty or misfortune on someone.

harsher punishments are being handed out to reckless drivers

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Hand on

1. Pass something to the next person in a series or succession.

But they remain less than owners; they are more like trustees, with an obligation to maintain the structure and hand it on to successors in good working order.

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2. Pass responsibility for something to someone else; delegate.

The market town's museum will be responsible for it for six weeks before handing it on.

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Hand over

1. Pass responsibility to someone else.

"It really is time for me to hand over to the next generation.

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2. (hand someone or something over, hand over someone or something) Give someone or something, or the responsibility for someone or something, to someone else.

hand the matter over to the police

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Hand down

1. (hand something down, hand down something) Pass something on to a younger person or a successor.

songs are handed down from mother to daughter

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2. (hand something down, hand down something) Announce something, especially a judgement or sentence, formally or publicly.

it was the most liberal decision ever handed down by a football authority

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Origin

1. Old English hand, hond, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hand and German Hand.

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