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[ edit ] enPR : hănd , IPA ( key ) : /hænd/ Audio ( Received Pronunciation , London ) : ( file ) Audio ( London ) : ( file ) ( æ-tensing ) IPA ( key ) : [hɛənd] , [heənd] , [hɛːnd] Audio ( General American ) : ( file ) Rhymes: -ændEtymology 1
[ edit ]From Middle English hond , hand , from Old English hand , from Proto-West Germanic *handu , from Proto-Germanic *handuz .
See also Dutch and Swedish hand ( “ hand ” ) , Danish hånd , German Hand , West Frisian hân ). Perhaps compare Old Swedish hinna ( “ to gain ” ) , Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰-𐌷𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌰𐌽 ( fra-hinþan , “ to take captive, capture ” ) ; and Latvian sīts ( “ hunting spear ” ) , Ancient Greek κεντέω ( kentéō , “ prick ” ) , Albanian çandër ( “ pitchfork, prop ” ) .
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[ edit ]hand ( plural hands )
The part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals . Meronyms: index finger , middle finger , palm , pinky , ring finger , thumb Her hands are really strong. 1913 , Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln , chapter VII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients , New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company , →OCLC : I made a speaking trumpet of my hands and commenced to whoop “Ahoy!” and “Hello!” at the top of my lungs. [ … ] The Colonel woke up, and, after asking what in brimstone was the matter, opened his mouth and roared “Hi!” and “Hello!” like the bull of Bashan. 2012 , John Branch, “Snow Fall : The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek”, in New York Time [1] : Using her hands like windshield wipers, she tried to flick snow away from her mouth. When she clawed at her chest and neck, the crumbs maddeningly slid back onto her face. She grew claustrophobic. 2019 July 24, Drachinifel, 11:06 from the start, in Anti-Sub Warfare in WW1 - From Hammers to Hunter-Killers [2] , archived from the original on 24 November 2022 : The fruits of these kickstarted endeavors began to show in 1915, first in the deployment of a new range of depth charges. These were, mercifully, smaller than Jellicoe's "crushing hand of God" prototype, and, whilst practically just as lethal to submarines, they were significantly less risky to the launching ship, and could also be carried in larger numbers. That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand. A limb of certain animals, such as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey. An index or pointer on a dial; such as the hour and minute hands on the face of an analog clock , which are used to indicate the time of day. That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once. ( card games ) The set of cards held by a player. A round of a card game. ( tobacco manufacturing ) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together. ( collective ) A bunch of bananas , a typical retail amount, where individual fruits are fingers . In linear measurement: ( chiefly in measuring the height of horses ) Four inches , a hand's breadth . 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter I, in Animal Farm [ … ] , London: Secker & Warburg , published May 1962 , →OCLC , page 6 : Boxer was an enormous beast, nearly eighteen hands high, and as strong as any two ordinary horses put together. ( obsolete ) Three inches . A side ; part, camp; direction, either right or left. 1611 , The Holy Bible, [ … ] ( King James Version ), London: [ … ] Robert Barker , [ … ] , →OCLC , Exodus 38:15 , column 1: [ … ] on this hand and that hand were hangings [ … ] 1649 , J[ohn] Milton , “Upon the Rebellion in Ireland”, in ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ [ Eikonoklástēs ] [ … ] , London: [ … ] Matthew Simmons, [ … ] , →OCLC , page 125 : For that the Proteſtants were then on the winning hand , it muſt needs be plain; who notwithſtanding the miſs of thoſe Forces which, at thir landing heer, maiſter’d without difficulty great part of Wales and Cheſhire, yet made a ſhift to keep thir ownw in Ireland . Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity. 1712 October 13 (Gregorian calendar), [ Joseph Addison ], “THURSDAY, October 2, 1712”, in The Spectator , number 499 ; republished in Alexander Chalmers , editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, [ … ] , volume V, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company , 1853 , →OCLC , page 451 : My friend Will Honeycomb has told me, for above this half year, that he had a great mind to try his hand at a Spectator, and that he would fain have one of his writing in my works. The spelling has been modernized. 1920 , Mary Roberts Rinehart , Avery Hopwood , “The Shadow of the Bat”, in The Bat: A Novel from the Play (Dell Book; 241 ), New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Company , →OCLC , page 6 : The Bat—they called him the Bat. [ … ] . He'd never been in stir, the bulls had never mugged him, he didn't run with a mob, he played a lone hand , and fenced his stuff so that even the Fence couldn't swear he knew his face. ( especially in compounds ) An agent ; a servant , or manual laborer; a workman , trained or competent for special service or duty. Large farms need many farm hands . 1689 (indicated as 1690 ) , [ John Locke ], An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. [ … ] , London: [ … ] Eliz [ abeth ] Holt, for Thomas Basset, [ … ] , →OCLC , book III, page 259 : But a Dictionary of this ſort, containing, as it were, a Natural Hiſtory, requires too many hands , as well as too much time, coſt, pains, and ſagacity, ever to be hoped for; and till that be done, we muſt content our ſelves with ſuch Definitions of the Names of Subſtances, as explain the ſenſe Men uſe them in. 1904–1905 , Baroness Orczy [ i.e. , Emma Orczy ], “ The Affair at the Novelty Theatre ”, in The Case of Miss Elliott , London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin , published 1905 , →OCLC ; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831 , quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html) , Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia , February 2020: For this scene, a large number of supers are engaged, and in order to further swell the crowd, practically all the available stage hands have to ‘walk on’ dressed in various coloured dominoes, and all wearing masks. A performer more or less skilful. an old hand at public speaking 1811 , William Hazlitt , “ A Day by the Fire ”, in The Reflector : I was always reckoned a lively hand at a simile. 1903 , George Horace Lorimer, Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to his Son , page 46 : At the church sociables he used to hop around among them, chipping and chirping like a dicky-bird picking up seed; and he was a great hand to play the piano, and sing saddish, sweetish songs to them. An instance of helping . Bob gave Alice a hand to move the furniture. 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray , chapter 46, in The History of Pendennis. [ … ] , volume (please specify |volume=I or II) , London: Bradbury and Evans , [ … ] , published 1849–1850 , →OCLC : What need have you of a hand who never fall? 1897 December (indicated as 1898 ), Winston Churchill , chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode , New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company ; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd. , →OCLC , page 58 : The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on a certain afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house. Handwriting ; style of penmanship . a good hand c. 1598–1600 (date written) , William Shakespeare , “ As You Like It ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] ( First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , and Ed [ ward ] Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC , [ Act IV, scene iii ] , page 202 , column 2: I ſay ſhe neuer did inuent this letter, / This is a mans inuention, and his hand . 1749 , Henry Fielding , “Containing Instructions Very Necessary to Be Perused by Modern Critics”, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling , volume IV, London: A [ ndrew ] Millar , [ … ] , →OCLC , book X, page 4 : [ … ] I have ſometimes known a Poet in Danger of being convicted as a Thief, upon much worſe Evidence than the Reſemblance of Hands hath been held to be in the Law. 1881–1882 , Robert Louis Stevenson , “The Sea Chest”, in Treasure Island , London; Paris: Cassell & Company , published 14 November 1883, →OCLC , part I (The Old Buccaneer), page 31 : [ … ] I found written on the other side, in a very good, clear hand , this short message [ … ] 1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Last Night”, in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde , London: Longmans, Green, and Co. , →OCLC , pages 74–75 : 'This is a strange note,' said Mr. Utterson; and then sharply, 'How do you come to have it open?' 'The man at Maw's was main angry, sir, and he threw it back to me like so much dirt,' returned Poole. 'This is unquestionably the doctor's hand , do you know?' resumed the lawyer. 'I thought it looked like it,' said the servant rather sulkily; and then, with another voice, 'But what matters hand of write,' he said. 'I've seen him!' 1946 March and April, R. A. H. Weight, “Euston to the North-West”, in Railway Magazine , page 69 : With an unquenchable enthusiasm for locomotives and their work, at an early age I had commenced to keep engine and traffic-recording notebooks, compiled in a schoolboy's round hand . 2013 September 14, Jane Shilling, “The Golden Thread: the Story of Writing, by Ewan Clayton, review [print edition: Illuminating language]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review) [3] , page R28 : [T]he pleasure of writing on wax with a stylus is exemplified by the fine, flowing hand of a Roman scribe who made out the birth certificate of Herennia Gemella, born March 128 AD. A person's autograph or signature. c. 1587–1588 , [ Christopher Marlowe ], Tamburlaine the Great. [ … ] The First Part [ … ] , 2nd edition, part 1, London: [ … ] [ R. Robinson for ] Richard Iones, [ … ] , published 1592 , →OCLC ; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973 , →ISBN , Act I, scene ii : Who [ … ] Haue paſt the armie of the mightie Turke:Bearing his priuie ſignet and his hand ,
To ſafe conduct vs thorow Affrica : [ … ] Given under my Hand and Seal of the State this 1st Day of January, 2010. Promise , word ; especially of a betrothal . Montague Summers (editor), The Works of Aphra Behn , volume V, page 132 : They once made Mourning and Fasting for the Death of the English Governor, who had given his Hand to come on such a Day to 'em, and neither came nor sent; believing, when a Man's Word was past, nothing but Death could or should prevent his keeping it: And when they saw he was not dead, they ask'd him what Name they had for a Man who promis'd a Thing he did not do? 1868 , William Carleton, Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry , volume 2, page 179 : Few would rely upon the word or oath of any man who had been known to break a hand -promise. Personal possession; ownership. 1603 , Richard Knolles , The Generall Historie of the Turkes, [ … ] , London: [ … ] Adam Islip, →OCLC : Receiving in hand one year’s tribute. ( chiefly in the plural ) Management , domain , control . in safe hands ; in good hands ; He lost his job when the factory changed hands . With the business back in the founder's hands , there is new hope for the company. With John in charge of the project, it's in good hands . 1611 , The Holy Bible, [ … ] ( King James Version ), London: [ … ] Robert Barker , [ … ] , →OCLC , Luke 1:1 , column 1: Foraſmuch as many haue taken in hande to ſet foorth in order a declaration of thoſe things which are moſt ſurely beleeued among vs [ … ] a. 1627 (date written), Francis Bacon , “ [ Baconiana Politico-Moralia. [ … ] . ] It is my purpoſe to give a true and plain Account, of the Deſigns and Labours of a very great Philoſopher amongſt us; and to offer to the World, in ſome tollerable Method, thoſe Remains of his, which to that end, were put into my Hands .”, in [ Thomas Tenison ], editor, Baconiana. Or Certain Genuine Remains of Sr. Francis Bacon, [ … ] , London: [ … ] J. D. for Richard Chiswell, [ … ] , published 1679 , →OCLC , page 21 : 1670 , John Milton , “The Second Book”, in The History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. [ … ] , London: [ … ] J [ ohn ] M [ acock ] for James Allestry, [ … ] , →OCLC , page 81 : But Albinus in thoſe troubleſome times enſuing under the ſhort reign of Pertinax and Didius Julianus , found means to keep in his hands the Government of Britain ; 1951 March, J. H. Lehmann, A. D. Johnson, W. C. Bridges, J. Michel, D. M. Green, “Cardiac Catheterization—A Diagnostic Aid in Congenital Heart Disease”, in Northwest Medicine , volume 50 , number 3, Portland, Ore.: Northwest Medical Publishing Association, page 170 : The method, in the hands of an experienced team of physicians and technicians, has become a relatively safe and useful procedure in the study of congenital heart disease and an accurate device for calculating cardiac output. ( colloquial , chiefly in the negative plural ) A hand which is free to assist ; especially due to having one's hands full or otherwise fully preoccupied . Just give me a minute - I haven't got any hands right now. Applause . Give him a hand . 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray , chapter 3, in The History of Pendennis. [ … ] , volume (please specify |volume=I or II) , London: Bradbury and Evans , [ … ] , published 1849–1850 , →OCLC : “Give him a hand , Pendennis; you know every chap likes a hand ,” Mr. Foker said; and the good-natured young gentleman, and Pendennis laughing, and the dragoons in the opposite box, began clapping hands to the best of their power. 1980 December 13, David Lamble, “March Against Violence Emphasizes Coalitions”, in Gay Community News , volume 8, number 21 , page 6: A member of the gay male nuns' collective, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, received one of the biggest hands of the evening when he included in a benediction litany the chant that lesbians and gays be "delivered from both of Dianne's faces." 2013 January 11, Tom Shone, The Guardian [4] : Also a big hand for Silver Linings Playbook, an exuberant modern screwball comedy we had, in an unseemly fit of cynicism, deemed "too entertaining" for Academy voters. ( historical ) A Native American gambling game , involving guessing the whereabouts of bits of ivory or similar, which are passed rapidly from hand to hand. ( firearms ) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim. A whole rhizome of ginger . The feel of a fabric ; the impression or quality of the fabric as judged qualitatively by the sense of touch . This fabric has a smooth, soft hand . ( archaic ) Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance. 1611 , The Holy Bible, [ … ] ( King James Version ), London: [ … ] Robert Barker , [ … ] , →OCLC , Judges 6:36 , column 1: And Gideon ſaid vnto God, If thou wilt ſaue Iſrael by mine hand , [ … ] 1702–1704 , Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon , “Book VIII”, in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. [ … ] , volume II, part II, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed at the [Sheldonian] Theater , published 1707 , →OCLC , page 605 : They who thought they could never be ſecure in any Peace, except the King were firſt at their Mercy, and ſo obliged to accept the conditions they would give him, were willing to change the hand in carrying on the War: and many, who thought the Earl of Eſſex behaved himſelf too imperiouſly, were willing to have the Command in one who was more their equal. ( archaic ) Agency in transmission from one person to another. to buy at first hand (from the producer, or when new); to buy at second hand (when no longer in the producer’s hand, or when not new); It's not a rumor. I heard it at first hand . ( obsolete ) Rate; price. 1625 , Francis [Bacon] , “Of Dispatch. XXV.”, in The Essayes [ … ] , 3rd edition, London: [ … ] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC , page 143 : For Time is the meaſure of Buſineſſe, as Money is of Wares: And Buſineſſe is bought at a deare Hand , where there is ſmall diſpatch .
Usage notes
[ edit ] The word hand is used figuratively for a large variety of acts or objects, in the doing, or making, or use of which the hand is in some way employed or concerned; also, as a symbol to denote various qualities or conditions, as, (a) Activity; operation; work; — in distinction from the head , which implies thought, and the heart , which implies affection. His hand will be against every man. — Genesis 16:12 (b) Power; might; supremacy; — often in the Scriptures. With a mighty hand . . . will I rule over you. — Ezekiel 20:33 . (c) Fraternal feeling; for example to give, or take, the hand ; to give the right hand (d) Contract; — commonly of marriage; for example to ask the hand ; to pledge the handSynonyms
[ edit ] ( part of the arm below the wrist ) : manus ( formal ) , mound ( obsolete ) , mund ( obsolete ) , paw ( of some animals )Coordinate terms
[ edit ] finger foot palm wristDerived terms
[ edit ] Terms derived from hand (noun) a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush aforehand aircrafthand Alaska hand alien hand syndrome all hands American hand-egg ask for someone's hand in marriage at any hand at hand at second hand at the hand of avocado hand back-hand backhand , backhanded back of one's hand ball in hand bare hand barehand bear a hand bear-a-hand beer hand beforehand behand behindhand big hand bind hand and foot bird in the hand bite someone's hand off bite the hand that feeds one book hand bottom hand Buddha's hand by hand by one's own hand by the strong hand cap in hand cash in hand cash-in-hand catch someone with a hand in the cookie jar chancery hand change hand change hands charge-hand charge hand chargehand China Hand China hand clawhand clean hands close at hand close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades clubhand cold hand cold hands, warm heart come hand come to hand come to one's hand cool hand counterhand count on one hand count on the fingers of one hand court hand cowhand crack hand Cross Hands Cross in Hand dab hand dead hand dead man's hand deal a bad hand deal a good hand deal a hand deck hand derrickhand devil's hand diabetic stiff hand syndrome dishpan hands dockhand don hand double-hand doublehand drawing hand drop the hand Dutch hand eat from someone's hand eat from the palm of someone's hand eat out of someone's hand eat out of the palm of someone's hand empty-handed even hand at the tiller even hand on the tiller extend a hand extend one's hand eye-hand coordination farm hand field hand fieldhand fill one's hand firm hand firm hand at the tiller firm hand on the tiller first-hand first hand , firsthand Fleming's right-hand rule floorhand foam hand force someone's hand forehand for one's own hand four-in-hand freehand free-hand free hand get one's hand in gimp hand give someone a hand give with one hand and take away with the other glad-hand glad hand gladhand God hand god hand go hand in hand grass hand green hand Guidonian hand gunhand hand-adze hand alphabet hand and foot hand and glove hand antiseptic hand-arm vibration syndrome hand ax hand axe handbag hand ball , handball handbarrow hand-basher handbasin handbasket hand basket hand-basket hand bell handbell handbike hand bike hand bill hand-bill handbill handblocked handblow handblown handboard hand boiler handbook handbound handbra hand brake handbrake handbreadth , handsbreadth hand breathing hand bridge handbuilt hand cannon handcar hand card handcare hand-carried hand carry hand-carry handcarry handcart hand-cart hand cart handcarved hand chalk handclap handclapper handclapping handclasp handcloth hand-code hand-cooked handcrafted handcrafter hand crank hand cream handcrew handcuff handcuffs handcut handcycle hand deliver hand-deliver hand director hand-drawn hand drill hand drum hand dryer handedness handegg hand-egg hander hand-eye coordination hand fan handfed hand-feed handfeed handfeel handfight handfish handflower ( Chiranthodendron pentadactylon ) hand-footed hand-foot-genital syndrome hand-foot-mouth disease hand-foot syndrome hand-for-hand handform hand fruit handfucker handful hand gag hand gallop hand game handgame handgate hand gear hand gel handgift hand glass handglide handglove handgrab handgrasp hand grenade hand-grip hand grip handgrip handguard handguide hand guide handgun hand heart handheld hand-held hand hoe hand-hoe handhold hand-hold handholdable handholder handholding hand-holding handhole hand-hole handicraft , handcraft handicraftman handily hand-in-cap handiness hand in glove hand-in-glove hand-in-hand hand in hand hand in one's checks hand in one's dinner pail hand in the cookie jar handish handism hand it to someone handiwork hand jive handjob hand job handkerchief hand-kiss hand-knit handknit hand knit handlamp hand lamp hand-lamp hand-lance hand lance hand language handle handless handlike handline handloading handlock hand log handloom hand lotion handly handmade hand made hand-made hand-madeness handmaiden handmake handman handmark handmarked hand-me-down hand-me-on handmill handmirror hand mixer hand model hand modelling hand money hand mucker handnail hand-nail hand net handoff hand-off hand of glory hand on hand on heart hand-operated hand organ hand-out handout hand-over hand over fist hand over hand hand over head handpainted hand-painted hand paper handpass hand pay hand percussion handphone hand-picked handpicked hand picked hand-pick , handpick hand pie handpiece handplane handplant hand plant handplay handpost hand practice hand press handprint hand-printed handprinted handproduce handpull hand puppet handrail handrailing hand-raise handraised handraulic handrest hand-ride handroll hand roll handrope hand round hand rub hand running hand salute hand sanitiser , hand sanitizer hand sanny handsaw hand saw hand screen hand-screen handscreened handscrew handscroll hand scrub hands down handsearching handsel hand-select hand-sell handseller handset handsewn handshake handshaker hand shaker hand-shaker hand shandy handshape handshoe hand shower handsies hand-signal hand signal handsignalman , hand signalman hand-sitter hand-sling hand sling hand soap handsoap hands off handsome handsomely hand someone his cards hand someone his head hand someone his head on a plate hand someone his head on a platter hands on handspan handspike hand-spike hand spinner handspring hand-spring handspun handstaff handstamp handstick handstitched hand-stitched handstone hand strap handstroke handsturn handstyle hands up handsy hand-tab handtame hand-tame hand-tameness hand-tied hand-tight hand to God hand-to-hand hand to hand hand to mouth , hand-to-mouth hand tool hand towel hand traverse hand tree ( Chiranthodendron pentadactylon ) hand trolley hand truck hand trunk hand turkey handwalker handwarmer hand-wash hand washable hand-washable handwasher hand wash , handwash handwashing hand-washing hand washing hand-wave handwave , handwavy handwaving hand-waving hand waving hand wavy hand-wavy handwear handweaver handweaving hand wedge handweed handwell handwheel handwhile hand-winged handwipe hand-work handworked , hand-worked handworker handwork , handiwork handwoven hand-woven handwringer hand-wringing hand wringing hand-wringingly handwrit handwrite hand-writing handwriting hand-written handwritten handwrought handy handyman hard hand hat in hand have a hand in have blood on one's hands have one's hand in the till have one's hand out have one's hands full have someone in the palm of one's hand heart and hand heart-hand disease heavy-handed helping hand hired hand hold in hand hold someone's hand holy hand grenade hot hand hour hand hover-hand hover hand Hunan hand syndrome idle hands are the devil's workshop in good hands in hand in the hand in the palm of one's hand invisible hand iron hand join-hand keep one's hand in knifehand know like the back of one's hand know like the palm of one's hand lay a hand on laying on of hands leadhand leasehand left hand left-hand left-hand drive left-handed left-hand path lend a hand lending hand library hand little hand live from hand to mouth longhand made hand make one's hand Mexican hand tree ( Chiranthodendron pentadactylon ) millhand minute hand mojo hand monster hand motorhand near at hand near-hand newshand nigh-hand nineteen hand note of hand off-hand , offhand of its hand old hand one can't hold two watermelons in one hand one hand can't hold two watermelons onhand on hand on-hand on one hand on the gripping hand on the mending hand on the one hand on the other hand open-hand out of hand out of someone's hands overhand over-hand overplay one's hand pimp hand play into someone's hands play one's hand right play the hand dealt play the hand one is dealt play the hand one was dealt play the hand that one is dealt play the hand that one was dealt power hand prehand put one's hand in one's pocket put one's hands together put one's hand to put one's hand to the plough put one's hand up put the last hand to putty in someone's hands put up one's hand raise a hand raise one's hand ranchhand ready to hand red-handed ridgehand right-hand right hand right-hand drive right-handed right-hand man right hand of fellowship right-hand path right-hand rule right hand versus left hand right-hand woman roundhand round hand running hand second hand , second-hand , secondhand second-hand shop second-hand smoke second-hand speech secretary hand set one's hand to shake hands shedhand short-hand short hand shorthand show of hands show one's hand side-hand simple as kiss your hand single-hand slap on the hand sleevehand sleight of hand slight of hand small hand soft hand spacehand split hand syndrome stage hand stand one's hand stand someone in hand station hand steady hand at the tiller steady hand on the tiller stronghand strong hand at the tiller strong hand on the tiller sure hand at the tiller sure hand on the tiller sword hand take in hand talk to the hand talk to the hand 'cause the face ain't listening taut hand tell it to the hand text hand the hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing thirdhand third-hand third hand third-hand smoke three-in-hand throw in one's hand tie hand and foot tie someone's hands tip one's hand toforehand to hand top hand trail hand trailhand try one's hand try one's hand at turn one's hand to two-hand sword two-hand touch underhand underhanded under one's hand unhand unhandy uphand upper hand wait on someone hand and foot wait upon hand and foot wash-hand washhand wash one's hands of wave of the hand whip hand winning hand with a high hand with hat in hand with one hand with one hand tied behind one's back with one's dick in one's hand with one's hand in the cookie jar workhand young hand
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[ edit ] handleTranslations
[ edit ] See hand/translations § Noun .See also
[ edit ]Appendix:English collective nouns
Poker hands in English · poker hands ( layout · text ) high card pair two pair three of a kind straight flush full house four of a kind straight flush royal flushEtymology 2
[ edit ]From Middle English handen , honden , from the noun (see above); and also from henden ( English hend ), from Old English *hendan , ġehendan ( “ to seize by hand, grasp, hold ” ) , from Proto-West Germanic *handijan , from Proto-Germanic *handijaną ( “ to take by hand, grasp ” ) , from the noun (see above). Cognate with Old Frisian handa , henda ( “ to grasp, seize ” ) , Middle Low German handen , henden (in derivatives), Dutch handen , henden ( “ to arrange, dispose, be handy ” ) , Dutch overhandigen ( “ to hand, hand over ” ) , Middle High German handen ( “ to cut, hew ” ) , Middle High German henden ( “ to give hands to; take hold of, seize ” ) , Old Norse henda ( “ to grasp, seize, take by hand ” ) .
Verb
[ edit ]hand ( third-person singular simple present hands , present participle handing , simple past and past participle handed )
( transitive ) To give, pass or transmit with the hand, literally or figuratively. He handed them the letter. She handed responsibility over to her deputy. 2013 August 10, “ Can China clean up fast enough? ”, in The Economist , volume 408 , number 8848 : It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits. 2023 March 8, Paul Salveson, “Fond farewells to two final trains ”, in RAIL , number 978 , page 54 : However, Anyon Kay remembers a Mr Walton Ainsworth, of Beech House, Rivington, who owned mills in Bolton, being a regular user before the First World War. He used to drive by horse and trap from his mansion to catch the 0906 train to Bolton each day. Before arriving at the station, local newsagent Tom Dutton would hand Mr Ainsworth his morning paper! ( transitive ) To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct. to hand a lady into a carriage ( transitive , obsolete ) To manage. 1709 , Mat[thew] Prior , “The Lady's Looking-Glass”, in Poems on Several Occasions , London: [ … ] Jacob Tonson [ … ] , →OCLC , page 45 : I bleſs my Chain, I hand my Oar , / Nor think on all I left on Shoar. ( transitive , obsolete ) To seize; to lay hands on. 1610–1611 (date written) , William Shakespeare , “ The Tempest ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] ( First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , and Ed [ ward ] Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC , [ Act I, scene i ] : wee will not hand a rope more ( transitive , rare ) To pledge by the hand; to handfast. ( transitive , nautical ) To furl (a sail ). 1814 , John Hamilton Moore, “Examination of a Young Sea Officer”, in The new practical navigator , nineteenth edition: send the people up to hand the sail, and when up, before they goon the yard, I'll clap the rolling tackle on to steady it 1834 [1756 November 4], Benjamin Franklin , “Observations in answer to the foregoing.”, in Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin [5] , volume II, Philadelphia : McCarty & Davis, →OCLC , page 344 , column 1: In the very long run from the west side of America to Guam, among the Philippine Islands, ships seldom have occasion to hand their sails, so equal and steady is the gale, and yet they make it in about 60 days, which could not be if the wind blew only in the afternoon. ( intransitive , obsolete ) To cooperate .Derived terms
[ edit ] Terms derived from hand (verb) hand around hand away handback hand down hand in hand it out hand it to hand off hand out hand over hand round hand someone his hat hand someone their cards hand something out like candy hand upTranslations
[ edit ] to give, pass or transmit with the hand Afrikaans: ( hand to ) (please verify ) aangee afgee (hand away) Albanian: jap (sq) , ap / ep (sq) (gheg) Bulgarian: връчвам (bg) ( vrǎčvam ) Cebuano: hatag Cherokee: ( a solid object ) ᎠᎥᏏ ( avsi ) Czech: podat (cs) Dutch: overhandigen (nl) Esperanto: enmanigi , doni (eo) Faroese: handa Finnish: ojentaa (fi) , luovuttaa (fi) , antaa (fi) French: donner (fr) , passer (fr) German: reichen (de) Greek: δίνω (el) ( díno ) Ancient: ὀρέγω ( orégō ) Indonesian: memberi (id) Interlingua: donar , passar Italian: dare (it) , passare (it) , consegnare (it) Norwegian: overrekke , gi (no) Portuguese: dar (pt) , entregar (pt) , passar (pt) Russian: передава́ть (ru) ( peredavátʹ ) , вруча́ть (ru) ( vručátʹ ) Sicilian: dari (scn) , dunari , passari (scn) , apparari , pròjiri Spanish: dar (es) , pasar (es) , entregar (es) , diñar (es) , alcanzar (es) , alargar (es) , apurrir (es) , purrir (es) , aparar (es) Swedish: ge (sv) , lämna över (sv) , räcka över Vietnamese: ( cho ) đưa (vi) to lead, guide, or assist with the hand Dutch: geleiden (nl) , begeleiden (nl) , leiden (nl) , helpen (nl) Finnish: ohjata (fi) ( lead ) ; auttaa (fi) ( help ) German: geleiten (de) Indonesian: memandu (id) Portuguese: ajudar (pt) , auxiliar (pt) , conduzir (pt) , guiar (pt) Spanish: llevar (es) Swedish: ledsaga (sv) , hjälpa (sv) Vietnamese: giúp (vi) , đỡ (vi) to manage Finnish: käsitellä (fi) , hallita (fi) to seize; to lay hands on Finnish: käydä käsiksi , ottaa haltuun to pledge by the hand — see handfast nautical: of a sail, to furl — see furl to cooperate — see cooperate The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations . Translations to be checked Guaraní: (please verify ) me'ẽ Tupinambá: (please verify ) me'engReferences
[ edit ] “ hand ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary , Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam , 1913 , →OCLC .Anagrams
[ edit ] Dahn , Danh , H-DNA , NADH , dahn , hDNAAfrikaans
[ edit ]Etymology
[ edit ]From Dutch hand , from Middle Dutch hant , from Old Dutch hant , from Proto-West Germanic *handu , from Proto-Germanic *handuz .
Pronunciation
[ edit ] IPA ( key ) : /ɦant/ Audio : ( file )Noun
[ edit ]hand ( plural hande , diminutive handjie )
A hand .Derived terms
[ edit ] handskoenDanish
[ edit ]Pronoun
[ edit ]hand
Obsolete spelling of han ( “ he ” ) .Dutch
[ edit ] Picture dictionary hand palm pols duim wijsvinger middelvinger ringvinger pink (kleine vinger)Click on labels in the image
arm armEtymology
[ edit ]From Middle Dutch hant , from Old Dutch hant , from Proto-West Germanic *handu , from Proto-Germanic *handuz .
Pronunciation
[ edit ] IPA ( key ) : /ɦɑnt/ Audio : ( file ) Hyphenation: hand Rhymes: -ɑntNoun
[ edit ]hand f ( plural handen , diminutive handje n )
a hand of a human, other simian or other animal with fingersDerived terms
[ edit ] aan de hand van aan de hand zijn achter de hand achterhand achterhande afhandig allerhande bovenhands geen hand voor ogen zien handarbeider handbal handbediening handbereik handblender handboek handcamera handcrème handdienst handdoek handdruk handelen handenarbeid handenvol handenvrij handfles handformaat handgebaar handgel handgemaakt handgranaat handhaven handig handje contantje handjeklap handlanger handlauw handlezen handlijn handmatig handmixer handomdraai handoplegging handpalm handreiking handrem handschoen handschrift handtastelijk handtekening handtrainer handvaardig handvol handwapen handwarm handwas handwerk handwoordenboek handworm handwortel handzaam handzeef hardhandig kinderhand kunsthand kushand langzamerhand linkerhand linkshandig omhanden onderhand onderhands onhandelbaar onhandig ophanden overhand overhandigen overhands rechterhand rechtshandig robothand schrijfhand twee handen op een buik tweeërhande uit de hand lopen van hogerhand washandRelated terms
[ edit ] thansDescendants
[ edit ] Afrikaans: hand Jersey Dutch: hānd Negerhollands: hand , han , hant Skepi Creole Dutch: hant → Caribbean Hindustani: háñth → ? Sranan Tongo: anu , hanu , han → Aukan: anoeFrench
[ edit ]Etymology
[ edit ]Clipping of handball . Compare foot from football .
Pronunciation
[ edit ] (aspirated h) IPA ( key ) : /ɑ̃d/ Audio : ( file )Noun
[ edit ]hand m ( uncountable )
the sport handball Synonym: handball On va jouer au hand , tu veux venir? We're going to play handball . Do you want to come?Limburgish
[ edit ] Picture dictionary hand palm pols doem wiesvinger middelvinger rinkvinger kinkClick on labels in the image
arm armAlternative forms
[ edit ] handj ( Central Limburgish , East Limburgish , Southeast Limburgish ) hank ( Southeast Limburgish , East Limburgish ) haand ( uncommon variant ) Haïnt ( Eupen )Etymology
[ edit ]From Middle Dutch and Old Dutch hant , from Proto-West Germanic *handu , from Proto-Germanic *handuz .
Pronunciation
[ edit ] IPA ( key ) : /(h)ɑnt/ , /ɦ-/ , /-ant/Noun
[ edit ]hand f
( anatomy , common variant ) A handDerived terms
[ edit ] baovehands euverhand handbagaasj handbal handbaog handbeurstel handblèssuur handbook handboum handbrei handcrème handdook handele handgel handgeld handgemaak handgemein handgif handhave handkar handlangere handleiing handleze handrem handsjrif handstand handstoon handtastelek handteikene handtesj handvat handveger handwerk handòplegker hendig kinderhand linkerhand linkshendig puunhendsje rechshendig rechterhand wesjhendsjeMiddle English
[ edit ]Etymology
[ edit ]From Old English hand .
Noun
[ edit ]hand ( plural hands )
Alternative form of hond ( “ hand ” )Descendants
[ edit ] English: handNorwegian Bokmål
[ edit ] Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on: hånd Wikipedia noAlternative forms
[ edit ] håndEtymology
[ edit ] From Old Norse hǫnd , from Proto-Germanic *handuz
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Pronunciation
[ edit ] IPA ( key ) : /hɑnː/ Homophones : han , hann Rhymes: -ɑnNoun
[ edit ]hand f or m ( definite singular handa or handen , indefinite plural hender , definite plural hendene )
( anatomy ) A hand .Derived terms
[ edit ] Norwegian Bokmål terms prefixed with hand- handball handflate handfull handkrem handleddRelated terms
[ edit ] hanske ( “ glove ” )References
[ edit ]“hand” in The Bokmål Dictionary .
Norwegian Nynorsk
[ edit ] Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on: hand Wikipedia nnEtymology
[ edit ]From Old Norse hǫnd , from Proto-Germanic *handuz . Akin to English hand .
Pronunciation
[ edit ] IPA ( key ) : /hɑnd/ , /hɑnː/ Homophones : han , hann ( in some dialects ) Rhymes: -ɑnNoun
[ edit ]hand f ( definite singular handa , indefinite plural hender , definite plural hendene )
( anatomy ) A hand .Derived terms
[ edit ] Norwegian Nynorsk terms prefixed with hand- handbak handball handflate handfull handkrem handledd handskrivenRelated terms
[ edit ] hanske ( “ glove ” )References
[ edit ] “hand” in The Nynorsk Dictionary .Old English
[ edit ]Alternative forms
[ edit ] hondEtymology
[ edit ]From Proto-West Germanic *handu , from Proto-Germanic *handuz . Cognate with Old Frisian hond , Old Saxon hand , Old High German hant , Old Norse hǫnd , Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃 ( handus ) .
Pronunciation
[ edit ] IPA ( key ) : /xɑnd/ , [hɑnd]Noun
[ edit ]hand f
hand 10th century , The Wanderer : Oft him ānhaga · āre gebīdeð,Metudes miltse, · þēah þe hē mōdċeariġ
ġeond lagulāde · longe sċeolde
hrēran mid hondum · hrīmċealde sǣ,
wadan wræclāstas. · Wyrd bið ful ārǣd. A loner oft waits a grace for himself,
Creator's mercy, even if he is sorrowful,
through a sea-way he should for long
stir the frost-cold sea with hands ,
travel paths of exile. Fate is well stalwart.
Declension
[ edit ]Strong u -stem:
singular plural nominative hand handa accusative hand handa genitive handa handa dative handa handumDerived terms
[ edit ] handæx ( “ hatchet ” ) handbōc ( “ manual ” ) handcræft ( “ dexterity ” ) handgang ( “ surrender ” ) handġewrit ( “ handwriting ” ) handlian ( “ to handle ” ) handplega ( “ combat ” ) handprēost ( “ chaplain ” ) handseten ( “ signature ” ) handweorc ( “ manual labor ” ) -hende ( “ -handed ” ) on hand gān ( “ to surrender ” )Descendants
[ edit ] Middle English: hond , hand English: hand Scots: hand , haund Yola: hoaneOld Frisian
[ edit ]Pronunciation
[ edit ] IPA ( key ) : /ˈhand/Noun
[ edit ]hand f
Alternative form of hondOld Saxon
[ edit ]Etymology
[ edit ]From Proto-West Germanic *handu , from Proto-Germanic *handuz . Compare Old Frisian and Old English hand , Old High German hant , Old Norse hǫnd .
Noun
[ edit ]hand f
A hand . 9th c. Heliand , verse 4389-4390 an thea winistron hand sō duot hē ōk thea sāligon an thea swīđeron half in the left hand so puts he as well the blessed in the right sideDeclension
[ edit ] hand (feminine u-stem) singular plural nominative hand hendi accusative hand hendi genitive hendi hando dative hendi handum instrumental — —Descendants
[ edit ] Middle Low German: hant German Low German: Hand Westphalian: Westmünsterländisch: Hand Lippisch: Hand Ravensbergisch: Hand Plautdietsch: HauntOld Swedish
[ edit ]Etymology
[ edit ]From Old Norse hǫnd , from Proto-Germanic *handuz .
Noun
[ edit ]hand f
A hand A direction A behalf A sort , kind .Declension
[ edit ] Declension of hand (consonant stem) singular plural indefinite definite indefinite definite nominative hand handin hænder hænd rina ( r ), -rena ( r ) accusative hand handina , -ena hænder hændrina ( r ), -rena ( r ) dative hændi, -e hændinni, -inne handum , -om handumin , -omen genitive handa ( r ) inna ( r ) handa handannaDescendants
[ edit ] Swedish: handSwedish
[ edit ] Swedish Wikipedia has an article on: hand Wikipedia sv Picture dictionary hand handflata handled tumme pekfinger långfinger ringfinger lillfingerClick on labels in the image
arm armEtymology
[ edit ]From Old Swedish hand , from Old Norse hǫnd , from Proto-Germanic *handuz . Cognate with Danish hånd , Norwegian hand , English hand and German Hand .
Pronunciation
[ edit ] IPA ( key ) : /hand/ Audio : ( file )Noun
[ edit ]hand c
( anatomy ) a hand Han tjatade jämt om att hon måste tvätta händerna He was always nagging her to wash her hands 2001 , Caramell , “ Caramelldansen [ The Caramell dance (" karamell " is the usual spelling) ]”, in Supergott [ Super tasty ] [6] : Dansa med oss. Klappa era händer . Gör som vi gör och ta några steg åt vänster. Lyssna och lär. Missa inte chansen. Nu är vi här med Caramelldansen. Dance with us. Clap your hands . Do as we do and take a few steps to the left. Listen and learn. Don't miss the chance. Now we are here with the Caramell dance. ( card games ) a hand (set of cards held by a player) Hon fick en bra hand , och satsade högt She was dealt a good hand , and placed a high betDeclension
[ edit ] Declension of hand nominative genitive singular indefinite hand hands definite handen handens plural indefinite händer händers definite händerna , händren händernas , händrensThe definite plural händren is archaic.