Pronunciation of hand: HH AE1 N D (hænd)
Number of syllables of hand: 1
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Definition of hand
- (n): physical assistance; "give me a hand with the chores"
- (n): 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"- Springfield (Mass.) Union
- (n): a rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece; "the big hand counts the minutes"
- (n): the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb; "he had the hands of a surgeon"; "he extended his mitt"
- (n): ability; "he wanted to try his hand at singing"
- (n): one of two sides of an issue; "on the one hand..., but on the other hand..."
- (n): something written by hand; "she recognized his handwriting"; "his hand was illegible"
- (n): a round of applause to signify approval; "give the little lady a great big hand"
- (n): 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"
- (n): a position given by its location to the side of an object; "objections were voiced on every hand"
- (n): a card player in a game of bridge; "we need a 4th hand for bridge"
- (n): a member of the crew of a ship; "all hands on deck"
- (n): a hired laborer on a farm or ranch; "the hired hand fixed the railing"; "a ranch hand"
- (n): a unit of length equal to 4 inches; used in measuring horses; "the horse stood 20 hands"
- (v): guide or conduct or usher somewhere; "hand the elderly lady into the taxi"
- (v): place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"
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Examples of hand
- The left hand is considered unclean.
- The knife is held in the right hand and the fork in the left.
- Banjo players often also use the left hand, the fingering hand, to pick.
- The right hand is holding the grip and the left rests on the sheath.
- The back of the left hand and the left arm were swollen and purplish.
- The left hand is considered unclean in India.
- Couldn't the chip be implanted in the left hand
- He was suffering an affliction of the right hand.
- The bridegroom shall place his right hand upon the right shoulder of the bride.
- The man held the dagger in his left hand.
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Poems containing the word "hand"
- "Lines on Hearing it Declared that No Women Were So Handsome as the English" by author Robinson
- "Sonnet 19 - The soul's Rialto hath its merchandise" by author Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- "I felt my life with both my hands" by author Emily Dickinson
- "Nature that Washed Her Hands in Milk" by author Sir Walter Raleigh
- "Sonnet 145: Those lips that Love's own hand did make" by author William Shakespeare
- "Sonnet 6: Then let not winter's ragged hand deface" by author William Shakespeare
- "Brother of All, with Generous Hand." by author Walt Whitman
- "Sonnet 64: When I have seen by Time's fell hand defac'd" by author William Shakespeare
- "Sonnet 20: A woman's face with nature's own hand painted" by author William Shakespeare