hands

Meaning of hands

plural noun
  1. the end part of a person's arm beyond the wrist, including the palm, fingers, and thumb.
    he was leading her by the hand
    the palm of her hand
  2. a pointer on a clock or watch indicating the passing of units of time.
    the second hand
  3. used in reference to the power to direct something.
    the day-to-day running of the house was in her hands
    they are taking the law into their own hands
  4. a person's workmanship, especially in artistic work.
    his idiosyncratic hand
  5. a person who engages in manual labour, especially in a factory, on a farm, or on board a ship.
    a factory hand
    the ship was lost with all hands
  6. the set of cards dealt to a player in a card game.
    he's got a good hand
    the situation does not give them a strong hand at the negotiating table
  7. a unit of measurement of a horse's height, equal to 4 inches (10.16 cm).
  8. a bunch of bananas.
    mottled hands of bananas
verb, 3rd person present
  1. pick (something) up and give it to (someone).
    he handed each man a glass
    I handed the trowel back to him
  2. hold the hand of (someone) in order to guide them in a specified direction.
    he handed them into the carriage
    he handed her down the final step
  3. take in or furl (a sail).
    hand in the main!
    the sail is handed and stowed

Old English hand, hond, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hand and German Hand .

Information about hands

  • The singular form of hands is: hand.
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Hyphenation of hands

hands

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • hands is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

hands synonyms

Meaning custody:

custody

Meaning work force:

workforce, manpower, men

Meaning a person's hand when the fingers are bent in towards the palm and held there tightly, typically in order to strike a blow or grasp something:

fist

Meaning an unbranched evergreen tree of tropical and warm regions, with a crown of very long feathered or fan-shaped leaves, and typically having old leaf scars forming a regular pattern on the trunk:

palm

Meaning an animal's foot having claws and pads:

paw

Meaning a mitten:

mitt

Meaning a male holding the highest hereditary title in the British and certain other peerages:

duke

Meaning a piece of metal or other hard material curved or bent back at an angle, for catching hold of or hanging things on:

hook

Meaning the terminal segment of a forelimb, corresponding to the hand and wrist in humans:

manus

Meaning the group of five bones of the hand between the wrist (carpus) and the fingers:

metacarpus

Meaning a long, thin piece of metal on a scale or dial which moves to indicate a figure or position:

pointer

Meaning a thing that indicates the state or level of something:

indicator

Meaning a thin pointer on a dial, compass, or other instrument:

needle

Meaning a mark or sign resembling an arrow, used to show direction or position:

arrow

Meaning an object used to indicate a position, place, or route:

marker

Meaning a pointer on an instrument, showing a quantity, a position on a scale, etc:

index

Meaning the power to influence or direct people's behaviour or the course of events:

control

Meaning the ability or capacity to do something or act in a particular way:

power

Meaning a price asked for goods or services:

charge

Meaning the power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience:

authority

Meaning an authoritative order:

command

Meaning the state or fact of having a duty to deal with something or of having control over someone:

responsibility

Meaning the position of protecting or defending something:

guardianship

Meaning the process of dealing with or controlling things or people:

management

Meaning the provision of what is necessary for the health, welfare, maintenance, and protection of someone or something:

care

Meaning the action of supervising someone or something:

supervision

Meaning the official power to make legal decisions and judgements:

jurisdiction

Meaning the state of having, owning, or controlling something:

possession

Meaning the action or fact of owning, maintaining, or protecting something:

keeping

Meaning a tight grasp:

clutches

Meaning a firm hold or grip:

grasp

Meaning the action or process of getting rid of something:

disposal

Meaning the state of being in someone's power, or of having great power over someone:

thrall

Meaning an employee, especially one who does manual or non-executive work:

worker

Meaning a man employed to do manual labour:

workman

Meaning a person doing unskilled manual work for wages:

labourer

Meaning a worker, especially one in a manufacturing industry:

operative

Meaning a person employed to do menial work:

hireling

Meaning an unskilled or casual labourer:

roustabout

Meaning a person employed for wages or salary, especially at non-executive level:

employee

Meaning a worker in a skilled trade, especially one that involves making things by hand:

artisan

Meaning a worker on a farm:

farmhand

Meaning a member of a group of people who work on and operate a ship, aircraft, etc., particularly one who is not an officer:

crewman

Meaning a person whose job it is to work as a member of the crew of a commercial or naval ship or boat, especially one who is below the rank of officer:

sailor

Meaning a member of a ship's crew whose duties include cleaning, mooring, and cargo handling:

deckhand

Meaning a Spanish American day labourer or unskilled farm worker:

peon

Meaning an unskilled labourer or odd jobber on a farm, especially in a shearing shed:

rouseabout

Meaning an unskilled labourer:

mazdoor

Meaning the working parts of a vehicle:

mechanical

Meaning transfer (something) to someone, especially by handing or bequeathing it to the next person in a series:

pass

Meaning freely transfer the possession of (something) to (someone):

give

Meaning hand (something) to (someone):

reach

Meaning propel (something) with force through the air by a movement of the arm and hand:

throw

Meaning throw (something) somewhere lightly or casually:

toss

Meaning throw (something) carelessly or casually:

chuck

Meaning close with a stopper:

bung

Meaning help (someone), typically by doing a share of the work:

assist

Meaning make it easier or possible for (someone) to do something by offering one's services or resources:

help

Meaning help or support (someone or something) in the achievement of something:

aid

Meaning show or indicate the way to (someone):

guide

Meaning transport or carry to a place:

convey

Meaning organize and carry out:

conduct

Meaning cause (a person or animal) to go with one by holding them by the hand, a halter, a rope, etc. while moving forward:

lead

hands antonyms

Meaning the lower extremity of the leg below the ankle, on which a person stands or walks:

foot

Translation of hands

Anagrams of hands

shand

Words that rhyme with hands

ands, SAANDs, abands, armbands, backbands, bands, bellybands, blackbands, browbands, contrabands, crossbands, disbands, fahlbands, greasebands, hairbands, hatbands, haybands, headbands, househusbands, husbands, neckbands, noncontrabands, nosebands, passbands, platbands, probands, rainbands, ribands, ribbands, robands, salbands, sarabands, shirtbands, sidebands, spacebands, sweatbands, trainbands, turbands, waistbands, watchbands, wavebands, wristbands, duplicands, multiplicands, radicands, deodands, fands, argands, brigands, ligands

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