hands
Meaning of hands
plural noun
- 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
- a pointer on a clock or watch indicating the passing of units of time.
the second hand
- 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
- a person's workmanship, especially in artistic work.
his idiosyncratic hand
- 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
- 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
- a unit of measurement of a horse's height, equal to 4 inches (10.16 cm).
- a bunch of bananas.
mottled hands of bananas
- pick (something) up and give it to (someone).
he handed each man a glass
I handed the trowel back to him
- 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
- 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.
- Languages in which hands is used:
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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:
Meaning work force:
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:
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:
Meaning an animal's foot having claws and pads:
Meaning a mitten:
Meaning a male holding the highest hereditary title in the British and certain other peerages:
Meaning a piece of metal or other hard material curved or bent back at an angle, for catching hold of or hanging things on:
Meaning the terminal segment of a forelimb, corresponding to the hand and wrist in humans:
Meaning the group of five bones of the hand between the wrist (carpus) and the fingers:
Meaning a long, thin piece of metal on a scale or dial which moves to indicate a figure or position:
Meaning a thing that indicates the state or level of something:
Meaning a thin pointer on a dial, compass, or other instrument:
Meaning a mark or sign resembling an arrow, used to show direction or position:
Meaning an object used to indicate a position, place, or route:
Meaning a pointer on an instrument, showing a quantity, a position on a scale, etc:
Meaning the power to influence or direct people's behaviour or the course of events:
Meaning the ability or capacity to do something or act in a particular way:
Meaning a price asked for goods or services:
Meaning the power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience:
Meaning an authoritative order:
Meaning the state or fact of having a duty to deal with something or of having control over someone:
Meaning the position of protecting or defending something:
Meaning the process of dealing with or controlling things or people:
Meaning the provision of what is necessary for the health, welfare, maintenance, and protection of someone or something:
Meaning the action of supervising someone or something:
Meaning the official power to make legal decisions and judgements:
Meaning the state of having, owning, or controlling something:
Meaning the action or fact of owning, maintaining, or protecting something:
Meaning a tight grasp:
Meaning a firm hold or grip:
Meaning the action or process of getting rid of something:
Meaning the state of being in someone's power, or of having great power over someone:
Meaning an employee, especially one who does manual or non-executive work:
Meaning a man employed to do manual labour:
Meaning a person doing unskilled manual work for wages:
Meaning a worker, especially one in a manufacturing industry:
Meaning a person employed to do menial work:
Meaning an unskilled or casual labourer:
Meaning a person employed for wages or salary, especially at non-executive level:
Meaning a worker in a skilled trade, especially one that involves making things by hand:
Meaning a worker on a farm:
Meaning a member of a group of people who work on and operate a ship, aircraft, etc., particularly one who is not an officer:
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:
Meaning a member of a ship's crew whose duties include cleaning, mooring, and cargo handling:
Meaning a Spanish American day labourer or unskilled farm worker:
Meaning an unskilled labourer or odd jobber on a farm, especially in a shearing shed:
Meaning an unskilled labourer:
Meaning the working parts of a vehicle:
Meaning transfer (something) to someone, especially by handing or bequeathing it to the next person in a series:
Meaning freely transfer the possession of (something) to (someone):
Meaning hand (something) to (someone):
Meaning propel (something) with force through the air by a movement of the arm and hand:
Meaning throw (something) somewhere lightly or casually:
Meaning throw (something) carelessly or casually:
Meaning close with a stopper:
Meaning help (someone), typically by doing a share of the work:
Meaning make it easier or possible for (someone) to do something by offering one's services or resources:
Meaning help or support (someone or something) in the achievement of something:
Meaning show or indicate the way to (someone):
Meaning transport or carry to a place:
Meaning organize and carry out:
Meaning cause (a person or animal) to go with one by holding them by the hand, a halter, a rope, etc. while moving forward:
hands antonyms
Meaning the lower extremity of the leg below the ankle, on which a person stands or walks:
Translation of hands
Anagrams of hands
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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