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Hand

noun

1.

The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb. Synonyms: manus, mitt, paw. "He extended his mitt"

2.

A hired laborer on a farm or ranch. Synonyms: hired hand, hired man. "A ranch hand"

3.

Something written by hand. Synonyms: handwriting, script. "His hand was illegible"

4.

Ability.

5.

A position given by its location to the side of an object.

6.

The cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time. Synonym: deal. "He kept trying to see my hand"

7.

One of two sides of an issue.

8.

A rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece.

9.

A unit of length equal to 4 inches; used in measuring horses.

10.

A member of the crew of a ship.

11.

A card player in a game of bridge. Synonym: bridge player.

12.

A round of applause to signify approval.

13.

Terminal part of the forelimb in certain vertebrates (e.g. apes or kangaroos).

14.

Physical assistance. Synonym: helping hand.

verb

(past & past part. handed; pres. part. handing)

1.

Place into the hands or custody of. Synonyms: give, pass, pass on, reach, turn over. "Turn the files over to me, please" , "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"

2.

Guide or conduct or usher somewhere.

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"Hand" Quotes from Famous Books

... when it left Miss Rogers' hand, the letter dropped in the depths of the huge mail-box and became wedged securely in a crevice ...

— Jolly Sally Pendleton - The Wife Who Was Not a Wife • Laura Jean Libbey

... the air of a man who has a long story on hand, and intends to tell it at his leisure. Filling his mouth with an enormous quid of tobacco, he commenced: "Better than four years ago Linwood smashed up, smack and clean; lost everything he had, and the rest had to be sold at vandue. But ...

— Homestead on the Hillside • Mary Jane Holmes

... should find out from his own lips, at the point of my revolver if necessary, who he was and why he had dogged us so long. He might slip away from us in the crowd of Regent Street, but it would puzzle him to do so upon the lonely moor. On the other hand, if I should find the hut and its tenant should not be within it I must remain there, however long the vigil, until he returned. Holmes had missed him in London. It would indeed be a triumph for me if I could run him to earth where ...

— The Hound of the Baskervilles • A. Conan Doyle

... and a proud possession, Now the tired hand that shaped that world is still, Leaving an ineffaceable impression Upon the age that fired its force ...

— Punch, or The London Charivari, Vol. 100., Jan. 17, 1891 • Various

... prays God he may be left in peace;" by which means he for a time kept the girl quiet. But when she saw that Rustico had no more occasion for her to put the Devil in hell, she said to him one day:—"Rustico, if thy Devil is chastened and gives thee no more trouble, my hell, on the other hand, gives me no peace; wherefore, I with my hell have holpen thee to abase the pride of thy Devil, so thou wouldst do well to lend me the aid of thy Devil to allay the fervent ...

— The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio • Giovanni Boccaccio

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