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Synonyms for hand
hænd; ˈlɜr nɪdhand
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hand, manus, mitt, pawnoun
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
"he had the hands of a surgeon"; "he extended his mitt"
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handwriting, glove, deal, baseball glove, hired hand, paw, baseball mitt, script, helping hand, hired man, bridge player, mitt, manushired hand, hand, hired mannoun
a hired laborer on a farm or ranch
"the hired hand fixed the railing"; "a ranch hand"
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handwriting, deal, hired hand, paw, script, helping hand, hired man, bridge player, mitt, manushandwriting, hand, scriptnoun
something written by hand
"she recognized his handwriting"; "his hand was illegible"
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handwriting, deal, hired hand, paw, book, script, helping hand, hired man, bridge player, mitt, manus, playscripthandnoun
ability
"he wanted to try his hand at singing"
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handwriting, deal, hired hand, paw, script, helping hand, hired man, bridge player, mitt, manushandnoun
a position given by its location to the side of an object
"objections were voiced on every hand"
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handwriting, deal, hired hand, paw, script, helping hand, hired man, bridge player, mitt, manushand, dealnoun
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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mitt, peck, mint, plenty, lot, batch, raft, quite a little, passel, softwood, bargain, paw, pile, muckle, business deal, good deal, stack, mountain, sight, handwriting, deal, trade, bridge player, helping hand, wad, flock, hatful, mickle, slew, heap, mess, mass, hired hand, spate, tidy sum, hired man, script, great deal, manus, pothandnoun
one of two sides of an issue
"on the one hand..., but on the other hand..."
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handwriting, deal, hired hand, paw, script, helping hand, hired man, bridge player, mitt, manushandnoun
a rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece
"the big hand counts the minutes"
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handwriting, deal, hired hand, paw, script, helping hand, hired man, bridge player, mitt, manushandnoun
a unit of length equal to 4 inches; used in measuring horses
"the horse stood 20 hands"
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handwriting, deal, hired hand, paw, script, helping hand, hired man, bridge player, mitt, manushandnoun
a member of the crew of a ship
"all hands on deck"
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handwriting, deal, hired hand, paw, script, helping hand, hired man, bridge player, mitt, manusbridge player, handnoun
a card player in a game of bridge
"we need a 4th hand for bridge"
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handwriting, deal, hired hand, paw, script, helping hand, hired man, bridge player, mitt, manushandnoun
a round of applause to signify approval
"give the little lady a great big hand"
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handwriting, deal, hired hand, paw, script, helping hand, hired man, bridge player, mitt, manushandnoun
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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handwriting, deal, hired hand, paw, script, helping hand, hired man, bridge player, mitt, manushand, helping handverb
physical assistance
"give me a hand with the chores"
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handwriting, deal, hired hand, paw, script, helping hand, hired man, bridge player, mitt, manuspass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, giveverb
place into the hands or custody of
"hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"
Synonyms:
run, progress, perish, hit, give way, elapse, dig, feed, go past, make pass, lead, top, roll, put across, go by, flip over, draw, evanesce, bowl over, moot, afford, collapse, occur, die, dedicate, debate, impart, turn over, go, contact, spend, ease up, slide by, get to, hold, fade, gift, render, consider, legislate, happen, egest, tip over, authorise, exceed, fleet, pass away, slip away, drop dead, overstep, relegate, move over, knock over, delve, transcend, gain, make it, authorize, founder, strive, devote, grant, establish, extend to, move on, devolve, cash in one's chips, kick the bucket, yield, contribute, get through, accomplish, give, fall out, attain, hap, slip by, march on, go on, tump over, sink, eliminate, croak, lapse, present, cave in, pass off, make, fall in, give-up the ghost, strain, return, blow over, apply, take place, generate, get hold of, expire, overhaul, pass around, chip in, throw, advance, go through, reach, open, communicate, submit, come about, choke, break, pop off, go across, cut into, overtake, travel by, arrive at, glide by, turn, deliberate, extend, circulate, reach out, distribute, decease, have, fall, pass, pass by, clear, exit, conk, excrete, buy the farm, pass along, achieve, upset, progress to, snuff it, touch, go along, surpass, guide, flip, overturn, leave, pay, consecrate, commit, sacrifice, kick in, pass onhandverb
guide or conduct or usher somewhere
"hand the elderly lady into the taxi"
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
handnoun
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palm and fingers, PAWhandnoun
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palm, four inches (in estimating the height of a horse), hand-breadthhandnoun
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side (right or left)handnoun
handnoun
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handiwork, workmanshiphandnoun
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mode of procedurehandnoun
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agency, intervention, participationhandnoun
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possession, control, powerhandnoun
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laborer, workman, operative, EMPLOYÉ, artisan, artificer, craftsmanhandnoun
handnoun
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chirography, handwriting, style of penmanshiphandverb
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give (with the hand), transmit, present, pass by handhandverb
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
handnoun
Associated words:
chirology, chiromancy, palmistry, chiropody, chiropodist, chirognomy, chirographer, chirographist, chirogymnast, chirologist, cheirosophy, manicure, chiromancer, manual, chirography, ambidextral, ambidextrous, ambidexterity, ambidexter, achirous, chiragra, fist, manacle, castanets, mount, discriminal, bimanual, bimanous
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On the one hand you have the OPEC output cuts and there's some geopolitical issues around Iran. But the demand outlook is muted and U.S. supply is perennially good from shale oil, which seems to have structurally changed the nature of the oil market.
It is a denial of justice not to stretch out a helping hand to the fallen; that is the common right of humanity.
Katarina Zarutskie was able to quickly rip Katarina Zarutskie arm out of the shark’s mouth and cover the wound to prevent blood from getting to the other sharks lurking around. The 19-year-old said it's been a journey treating the wound to have it heal completely. ( Katarina Zarutskie) If [ the shark ] would have got my hand in a different way, I probably wouldn't have been able to get my hand out.
Greece already has first-hand experience of economic populism and is now rejecting it, making a turn towards pragmatism, the vote in 2015 was one of hope, of desperation. Then the idealism collapsed. Now people are focusing on who they believe can deliver.
The first thing a company should do is call the federal government, when companies operate in a silo, things get out of hand.
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