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(noun) physical assistance; "give me a hand with the chores" |
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Synonyms: helping hand |
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Related Words: aid, assist, assistance, help, helping |
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(noun) 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 |
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Related Words: forepaw |
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(noun) a rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece; "the big hand counts the minutes" |
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Related Words: big hand, hour hand, little hand, minute hand, pointer, second hand |
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(noun) the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb; "he had the hands of a surgeon"; "he extended his mitt" |
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Synonyms: hook, manus, mauler, mitt, paw |
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Related Words: clenched fist, extremity, fist, left, left hand, right, right hand |
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(noun) ability; "he wanted to try his hand at singing" |
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Related Words: ability, power |
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(noun) one of two sides of an issue; "on the one hand..., but on the other hand..." |
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Related Words: side |
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(noun) a round of applause to signify approval; "give the little lady a great big hand" |
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Related Words: applause, clapping, hand clapping |
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: deal |
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Related Words: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, bridge hand, collection, poker hand |
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(noun) a position given by its location to the side of an object; "objections were voiced on every hand" |
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Related Words: side |
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(noun) a member of the crew of a ship; "all hands on deck" |
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Related Words: crewman, sailor |
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(noun) a unit of length equal to 4 inches; used in measuring horses; "the horse stood 20 hands" |
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Related Words: handbreath, handsbreadth |
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(verb) place into the hands or custody of; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers" |
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Synonyms: give, pass, pass on, reach, turn over |
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Related Words: commit, confide, deal, deliver, entrust, free, get in, give, give up, hand over, intrust, leave, release, relinquish, render, slip, sneak, transfer, trust, turn in |
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(noun) something written by hand; "she recognized his handwriting"; "his hand was illegible" |
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Synonyms: handwriting, script |
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Related Words: cacography, calligraphy, cursive, longhand, penmanship, scratch, scrawl, scribble, shorthand, stenography, symbolic representation, writing |
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(noun) a card player in a game of bridge; "we need a 4th hand for bridge" |
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Synonyms: bridge player |
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Related Words: bidder, card player |
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(noun) a hired laborer on a farm or ranch; "the hired hand fixed the railing"; "a ranch hand" |
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Synonyms: hired hand, hired man |
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Related Words: drover, farm worker, farmhand, fieldhand, groom, herder, herdsman, hostler, laborer, labourer, manual laborer, ostler, ranch hand, stableboy, stableman |
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