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Noun: hands handz- (with 'in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
"my fate is in your hands"; "too much power in the president's hands" - custody - The force of workers available
- work force, workforce, manpower, men Noun: hand hand- The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
"he had the hands of a surgeon" - manus, mitt, paw - A hired labourer on a farm or ranch
"the hired hand fixed the railing"; "a ranch hand" - hired hand, hired man - Something written by hand
"his hand was illegible" - handwriting, script - Ability
"he wanted to try his hand at singing" - A position given by its location to the side of an object
"objections were voiced on every hand" - The cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time
"I didn't hold a good hand all evening"; "he kept trying to see my hand" - deal - One of two sides of an issue
"on the one hand..., but on the other hand..." - 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" - A member of the crew of a ship
"all hands on deck" - A card player in a game of bridge
"we need a 4th hand for bridge" - bridge player - A round of applause to signify approval
"give the little lady a great big hand" - 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" - Physical assistance
"give me a hand with the chores" - helping hand Verb: hand hand- Place into the hands or custody of
"hand me the spoon, please" - pass, reach, pass on, turn over, give - Guide or conduct or usher somewhere
"hand the elderly lady into the taxi"
See also: hand down, hand out, hand over, manual Type of: ability, accumulation, aggregation, aid, applause, assemblage, assist, assistance, card player, clapping, collection, conduct, crewman, direct, extremity, force, forepaw, guardianship, guide, hand clapping, handbreadth, handsbreadth, help, jack, keeping, laborer [US], labourer [Brit, Cdn], lead, manual laborer [US], manual labourer [Brit, Cdn], personnel, pointer, power, safekeeping, sailor, side, take, transfer, writing Part of: arm, homo, horologe, human, human being, man, timekeeper, timepiece Encyclopedia: Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease Hand Hand, foot, and mouth disease Hand, foot and mouth disease Hand, foot, mouth disease Hands |