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PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: hand

1	n	the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
2	n v	a hired laborer on a farm or ranch place into the hands or custody of
3	n	something written by hand
4	n	ability
5	n	a position given by its location to the side of an object
6	n	a card player in a game of bridge
7	n	a rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece
8	n	a unit of length equal to 4 inches; used in measuring horses
9	n	a round of applause to signify approval

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: hand

n the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb

“he had the hands of a surgeon”

Synonyms:: manus, mitt, paw

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; clenched fist, fist
a hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting); hooks, maulers, meat hooks
large strong hand (as of a fighter); right, right hand
the hand that is on the right side of the body; left, left hand
the hand that is on the left side of the body

Type of:: extremity
that part of a limb that is farthest from the torso

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”

Type of:: forepaw
front paw; analogous to the human hand

n a hired laborer on a farm or ranch

“the hired hand fixed the railing”

“a ranch hand”

Synonyms:: hired hand, hired man

Types:: show 17 types...; hide 17 types...; farm worker, farmhand, field hand, fieldhand
a hired hand on a farm; drover, herder, herdsman
someone who drives a herd; ranch hand
a hired hand on a ranch; groom, hostler, ostler, stableboy, stableman
someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses; cattleman, cowboy, cowhand, cowherd, cowman, cowpoke, cowpuncher, puncher
a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback; dairymaid, milkmaid
a woman who works in a dairy; dairyman
a man who works in a dairy; farmerette
a woman working on a farm; gleaner
someone who picks up grain left in the field by the harvesters; goat herder, goatherd
a person who tends a flock of goats; harvester, reaper
someone who helps to gather the harvest; picker
someone who gathers crops or fruits etc.; ploughman, plower, plowman
a man who plows; sheepherder, sheepman, shepherd
a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock; pigman, swineherd
a herder or swine; waterer
someone who waters plants or crops; weeder
a farmhand hired to remove weeds

Type of:: jack, laborer, labourer, manual laborer
someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor

n a member of the crew of a ship

“all hands on deck”

Type of:: crewman, sailor
any member of a ship's crew

n physical assistance

“give me a hand with the chores”

Synonyms:: helping hand

Type of:: aid, assist, assistance, help
the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose

v place into the hands or custody of

“hand me the spoon, please”

Synonyms:: give, pass, pass on, reach, turn over

Types:: show 15 types...; hide 15 types...; give
leave with; give temporarily; slip, sneak
pass on stealthily; deal
give (a specific card) to a player; deliver, fork out, fork over, fork up, hand over, render, turn in
to surrender someone or something to another; free, give up, release, relinquish, resign
part with a possession or right; commit, confide, entrust, intrust, trust
confer a trust upon; entrust, leave
put into the care or protection of someone; commend
give to in charge; derequisition
release from government control; bail
deliver something in trust to somebody for a special purpose and for a limited period; give away
formally hand over to the bridegroom in marriage; of a bride by her father; give, sacrifice
endure the loss of; charge, consign
give over to another for care or safekeeping; recommit
commit again; obligate
commit in order to fulfill an obligation

Type of:: transfer
cause to change ownership

v guide or conduct or usher somewhere

“hand the elderly lady into the taxi”

Type of:: conduct, direct, guide, lead, take
take somebody somewhere

n something written by hand

“his hand was illegible”

Synonyms:: handwriting, script

Types:: show 10 types...; hide 10 types...; shorthand, stenography, tachygraphy
a method of writing rapidly; cursive, cursive script, longhand, running hand
rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper; calligraphy, chirography, penmanship
beautiful handwriting; cacography, scratch, scrawl, scribble
poor handwriting; minuscule
a small cursive script developed from uncial between the 7th and 9th centuries and used in medieval manuscripts; copperplate
a graceful style of handwriting based on the writing used on copperplate engravings; italic
a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right; round hand
a clearly written style of longhand with large round curves; chicken scratch
cramped or illegible handwriting; squiggle
an illegible scrawl

Type of:: writing
letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language

n ability

“he wanted to try his hand at singing”

Type of:: ability, power
possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done

n a position given by its location to the side of an object

“objections were voiced on every hand”

Type of:: side
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location

n one of two sides of an issue

“on the one hand..., but on the other hand...”

Type of:: side
an aspect of something (as contrasted with some other implied aspect)

n a card player in a game of bridge

“we need a 4th hand for bridge”

Synonyms:: bridge player

Types:: show 5 types...; hide 5 types...; bidder
someone who makes a bid at cards; bridge partner
one of a pair of bridge players who are on the same side of the game; contractor, declarer
the bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps; pre-emptor, preemptor
a bidder in bridge who makes a preemptive bid; raiser
a bridge partner who increases the partner's bid

Type of:: card player
someone who plays (or knows how to play) card games

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”

Synonyms:: deal

Types:: show 9 types...; hide 9 types...; bridge hand
the cards held in a game of bridge; poker hand
the 5 cards held in a game of poker; chicane
a bridge hand that is void of trumps; royal flush
a poker hand with the ace, king, queen, jack, and 10 all in the same suit; straight flush
a poker hand with consecutive cards in the same suit; full house
a poker hand with 3 of a kind and a pair; flush
a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit; straight
a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit); pair
a poker hand with 2 cards of the same value

Type of:: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection
several things grouped together or considered as a whole

n a rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece

“the big hand counts the minutes”

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; hour hand, little hand
the shorter hand of a clock that points to the hours; big hand, minute hand
points to the minutes; second hand
hand marking seconds on a timepiece; sweep hand, sweep-second
a second hand that is mounted on the same center as the hour and minute hand and is read on the minutes

Type of:: pointer
an indicator as on a dial

n a unit of length equal to 4 inches; used in measuring horses

“the horse stood 20 hands”

Type of:: handbreadth, handsbreadth
any unit of length based on the breadth of the human hand

n a round of applause to signify approval

“give the little lady a great big hand”

Type of:: applause, clapping, hand clapping
a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together

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